adjectivismn.

Brit.

/ˈadʒᵻktɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈædʒəktɪˌvɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adjective n., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < adjective n. + -ism suffix.

The tendency to use adjectives, esp. excessively.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity > excessive use of adjectives

adjectivity1867

adjectivism1890

1890 Sat. Rev. 5 Apr. 423/1 All our isms—Romanticism, Naturalism, Socialism, Æstheticism, Undogmaticism, Adjectivism.

1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence II. xvi. 467 Adjectivism, adverbism, and nounism, or marked disposition to multiply one or more of the above classes of words.

1914 Washington Post 18 Oct. 3/3 There is none of the wobbling rhetoric of Wells, the vitriolic adjectivism of Conan Doyle, or the venom and illogicalness of Arnold Bennett.

1992 P. Bowler Superior Person's Second Bk. Weird & Wondrous Words 31 Flagitious, Grossly criminal... Perhaps the ultimate in condemnatory adjectivism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adjectivism
释义	adjectivismn. Brit. /ˈadʒᵻktɪvɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈædʒəktɪˌvɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adjective n., -ism suffix. Etymology: < adjective n. + -ism suffix. The tendency to use adjectives, esp. excessively. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > verbosity > excessive use of adjectives adjectivity1867 adjectivism1890 1890 Sat. Rev. 5 Apr. 423/1 All our isms—Romanticism, Naturalism, Socialism, Æstheticism, Undogmaticism, Adjectivism. 1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence II. xvi. 467 Adjectivism, adverbism, and nounism, or marked disposition to multiply one or more of the above classes of words. 1914 Washington Post 18 Oct. 3/3 There is none of the wobbling rhetoric of Wells, the vitriolic adjectivism of Conan Doyle, or the venom and illogicalness of Arnold Bennett. 1992 P. Bowler Superior Person's Second Bk. Weird & Wondrous Words 31 Flagitious, Grossly criminal... Perhaps the ultimate in condemnatory adjectivism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1890
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