doctorismn.
/ˈdɒktərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈdɑktəˌrɪzəm/ Somewhat rare.
1. Behaviour, action, qualities, etc., characteristic of a (medical) doctor; medical treatment, knowledge, or jargon.
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1661 K. W. Confused Characters 86 Hocus pocusses of Doctorisme.
1863 W. Whitman Let. 17 Mar. in Brooklyn Eagle 19 Mar. 2/4 I have found more impudence and more dandy doctorism and more needless airs at this Judiciary, than in all the two score other establishments in and around Washington.
1965 P. Ferris Doctors ix. 182 In hospital, patients receive a concentrated blast of doctorism, the chief effect of which is to sever them from reality.
2. An utterance or phrase characteristic of a doctor (in various senses); esp. one which is erudite or learned, or (in negative sense) impenetrably specialist.
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1825 J. G. Lockhart Let. 19 Nov. in S. Smiles Publisher & Friends (1891) II. xxvii. 224 The Doctors uttering doctorisms on the occasion.
1897 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 569 When we come to compare the ‘doctorisms of the doctors’, we find a pleasant diversity which gives us good heart to form our own little ephemeral conclusions.
2018 D. W. Martin Independent Med. Eval. ix. 92 Clichés or ‘doctorisms’ which are phrases commonly used among our profession that the lay public does not understand should obviously not be used.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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