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单词 bicyclism
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bicyclismn.

Brit. /ˈbʌɪsᵻklɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈbaɪˌsɪk(ə)lɪz(ə)m/, /ˈbaɪsᵻklɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bicycle n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < bicycle n. + -ism suffix. Compare slightly earlier bicyclist n. Compare also slightly earlier bicycling n. and later cyclism n.
Now rare.
The activity or art of riding a bicycle; cycling.
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society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > practice or advocacy of
bicyclism1870
wheel1880
pedal power1944
1870 Sci. Opinion 25 May 470/1 (headline) On bicyclism.
1876 World 5 12 That ne plus ultra of snobbishness—bicyclism.
1882 Times 31 May 9/4 We recorded a sort of jubilee of gregarious bicyclism, when 2,350 bicyclists and their steeds held a monster ‘meet’.
2010 Evening Gaz. (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Features section) 4 No one..turns up on a bicycle... Given that bicyclism is peddled as the miracle of the age,..more people wearing banana helmets would have been expected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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