bluestockingism
/ˈbluːˌstɒkɪŋɪz(ə)m/Now chiefly historical
noun
The condition, characteristics, or behaviour of a bluestocking; intellectualism, or the affectation of this, in a woman.
- derogatory in 19th and early 20th cent. use..
Origin
Early 19th century. From bluestocking + -ism. Compare earlier blueism.