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obsoletism|ˈɒbsəliːtɪz(ə)m|
[f. obsolete a. (or its L. source) + -ism.]
1. An obsolete term, phrase, custom, or the like.
1799G. E. Griffiths in Robberds Mem. W. Taylor I. 198 Neither defying by bold neologisms, nor offending by tasteless obsoletisms. 1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. vii. 276 In these..obsoletisms..is comprised everything,..at all savouring, as to language, of any days but our own.
2. The condition of being obsolete; obsoleteness.
1824New Monthly Mag. XII. 222 The former editions presented a great drawback upon the reader's pleasure in the old orthography, and the obsoletism of many of the expressions. 1852E. V. Rippingille (title) Obsoletism in Art, a Reply to Ruskin in his defence of Pre-Raphaelitism. 1873C. W. Bardsley Eng. Surnames 408 note, Our Authorized Version still preserves the ‘meteyard’ from obsoletism. |