yuppieismn.
colloquial (originally U.S.). Also .
The state of being a yuppie; behaviour characteristic of yuppies. Also, a yuppyish phrase, expression, etc.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > professional class > young professional > condition or state
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1984 New Republic 6 Aug. 11/2 Neoliberalism, generational politics, faith in the ‘future’, yuppie-ism.
1984 Washington Post 21 Oct. c3/4 Baez says she's sick to death of the '60s. Eldridge Cleaver is a Republican and Jerry Rubin has traded in Yippieism for Yuppieism.
1985 Christian Sci. Monitor 17 Jan. 8/2 All who sit here silent,..betray the oppressed…It is institutionalized yuppyism.
1987 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 July 8/5 I played second base for Our Lady of the Assumption…I don't deal in yuppie-isms.
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