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Edˈwardianism
[f. Edwardian a. 3 + -ism 3.]
The collective characteristics of the reign of Edward VII; an Edwardian sentiment or expression.
1935N. Marsh Enter a Murderer i. 18 ‘Has Gardener cut me out?’ ‘My sweet, what an Edwardianism.’ 1936J. Beith Sand Castle ii. i. 230 Edwardianism, that brief ten-years' flower, was ready to burst into bloom, and..life surged forward gay and hopeful. 1963Punch 16 Jan. 101/3 The prissy mannerisms of hangover Edwardianism. |