单词 | regimentalism |
释义 | regimentalismn. 1. a. Accordance with the conventions of a particular military regiment; (also) regimental allegiance. rare. ΚΠ 1827 T. Hamilton Youth & Manhood Cyril Thornton II. ii. 49 I was reported to the colonel as being in a state of sufficient regimentalism to make my appearance on parade. 1917 G. Gordon in F. B. Macnutt Church in Furnace (1919) vi. 151 Obstructive regimentalism is not altogether unknown; company jealousy sometimes runs to dangerous extremes. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups > particular term(s) in cavalierism1643 law-word1645 technicals1775 balloonicism1838 regimentalism1875 commercialism1881 femininism1892 journalism1893 1875 I. Burton Inner Life Syria, Palestine, & Holy Land I. i. 9 They..were amused at my ignorance concerning ‘tiffins’ and ‘boys’ and ‘griffins’, and other regimentalisms, which reminded me of our convent school jargon. a1896 I. Burton in Wilkins Rom. Lady Burton (1897) I. x. 364 Peppering their conversation with an occasional Hindustani word,..and plentiful regimentalisms. 2. Strict order or regulation; firm adherence to this. Cf. regimental adj. 2. ΚΠ 1849 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Jan. 9/2 Never was the regimentalism of costume more defied than in the cut of her garments. 1895 United Service Mag. May 167 Surely Dr. Climo does not wish us to believe that in regimentalism medical officers have a panacea for mistakes in diagnosis. 1907 J. McCabe tr. A. L. Kielland Napoleon's Men & Methods (1908) ix. 323 The stupid and malicious regimentalism of the Bourbons. 2001 R. A. Hart Clash of Arms iii. 116 Tinkering with organization could not surmount ingrained regimentalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1827 |
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