obsoletismn.
/ˈɒbsəliːtɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɒbsəˈliːtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɑbsəˈliˌtɪz(ə)m/ Now rare.
1. Something obsolete; (originally) spec. an obsolete word or phrase.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > falling out of use > that which is obsolete
obsolete1641
obsoletism1799
razzmatazz1936
rinky-dink1956
1799 G. E. Griffiths in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 198 Neither defying by bold neologisms, nor offending by tasteless obsoletisms.
1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. vii. 276 In these..obsoletisms..is comprised everything,..at all savouring, as to language, of any days but our own.
2000 H. Simpson in J. Adams et al. Girls' Night In 563 The awareness of her individuality as a troublesome excrescence, an obsoletism.
2. Obsolescence; obsoleteness.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [noun] > falling out of use > obsoleteness
obsoleteness1613
obsoletism1824
1824 New Monthly Mag. 12 222/1 The former editions presented a great drawback upon the reader's pleasure in the old orthography, and the obsoletism of many of the expressions.
1873 C. W. Bardsley Eng. Surnames 408 (note) Our Authorized Version still preserves the ‘meteyard’ from obsoletism.
1883 Catholic World Jan. 536 The confusion extended beyond the questions of canonicity, interpretation, diversity of meaning consequent upon structural changes in language, and of obsoletism.
1996 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 1 Oct. 3 The prize for obsoletism went to Waikato with their Sound of Music theme.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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