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单词 weism
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weismn.

/ˈwiːɪz(ə)m/
Etymology: < we pron., n., and adj. + -ism suffix, after egoism.
The too frequent use of ‘we’ (see we pron. 2b) by a speaker or writer. Cf. wegotism n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > use of 'we'
wegotism1797
weism1800
nosism1829
1800 Anti-Jacobin Rev.& Mag. 5 58 What intolerable weism! more revolting than the worst species of egotism!
1833 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 505 His ‘egotism’, so offensive to the we-ism of the press.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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