单词 | goodyism |
释义 | goodyismn. Now rare. 1. Affected or sanctimonious conformity to conventional standards of moral conduct or good manners. Cf. goody adj. 2, goody-goodyism n. ΚΠ 1841 C. Sinclair Mod. Flirtations I. xii. 352 Keep that goodyism out of sight, for I can fancy nothing more intolerable than a young lady turned out on the model of those horrid sententious books, filled with advice to young ladies. 1842 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 52 674 Then came the days of ‘Goodyism’, that left childhood a blank—whipped when naughty, and more miserable when too good. 1911 W. Winter Over Border vi. 96 His virtue was not decorum and it was not goodyism... His goodness was never insipid. 1917 Frederick (Maryland) Post 17 Aug. 4/3 Every American should set teeth against such maudlin goodyism. 2. A simplistic or sanctimonious expression of what is morally correct or virtuous; a moral platitude. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness > use of platitudes > a platitude commonplace1560 platitude1815 commonplaceism1831 goodyism1883 1883 American 5 268 He is singularly free from the cheap unction..the goodyisms, which are the temptations of the modern pulpit. 1899 J. Brownlie Hymns & Hymn Writers xii. 284 Maudlin phrases and hackneyed goodyisms. 1902 Christian Reg. (Boston) 14 Aug. 964/1 The ‘piosities’ or goodyisms of a child's paper or story book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1841 |
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