Carlylismn.
/kɑːˈlʌɪlɪz(ə)m/ 1. The characteristic literary manner or teachings of Carlyle.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > ideas, etc., characteristic of specific writer
Marlowism1593
Rabelaism1803
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Boswellism1825
Swiftianism1826
Walter Scottism1835
Carlylism1841
Voltairism1841
Macaulayism1846
Voltairianism1848
Zolaism1882
Rabelaisianism1886
Brontëism1887
Arnoldism1892
Kiplingism1898
Shavianism1905
Menckenism1922
Sitwellism1922
Pirandellism1925
Shavianismus1927
Proustery1928
Wodehousian1931
Waughism1934
Snovianism1966
Orwellianism1967
Pinterism1967
Orwellism1970
Pinterishness1970
1841 Fraser's Mag. 25 722 It is Carlyleism in manner, but not in matter.
1881 Athenæum 9 Apr. 488/3 Fighting the good fight of liberty against tyranny, Christian kindness against Carlylism.
2. A mannerism of Carlyle (chiefly in language or style).
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1881 N.Y. Nation 32 231 The emptiness, or, to use a Carlylism, the ‘putrescent cant’ of most of the talk.
Derivatives
Carˈlylean adj. and n. (also Carlyl'eian, Car'lylian) (a) adj. of, relating to, or like Carlyle; (b) n. an admirer or imitator of Carlyle.
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1878 J. Morley Carlyle 188 Two conspicuous qualities of Carlylean doctrine.
1878 T. Sinclair Mount 104 Carlylians are good guides, if there are no better.
1884 Illustr. London News 3 Sept. 243/2 Thence the Carlyleian gigmanity.
Carlyˈlese n. the literary style or dialect of Carlyle.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author
Darwinianism1804
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Ossianesque1821
Johnsonese1831
Darwinism1840
Carlylese1858
Macaulayese1859
Ruskinese1863
Ruskinesque1873
Hegelese1886
Kiplingese1899
Borrovian1900
Runyonese1937
1858 Sat. Rev. 5 414/1 The Quarterly will..talk Kingsleyism, and the Edinburgh Carlylese.
1886 F. Harrison Choice Bks. 181 The finest Carlylese is never equal to the finest English.
Carlyˈlesque adj. etc.
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1866 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 414 His letters..took a curiously Carlylesque tone.
Carlyliˈana n.
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1885 D. Masson Carlyle, Personally & in Writings i. 15 These pungencies about poor private persons..may then be acceptable..simply as characteristic Carlyliana.
Carˈlylite n.
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1865 Sat. Rev. 11 Nov. 607 The Carlylites retort that Mr. Disraeli is ‘a Jew’.
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