Johnsonianismn.
/ˌdʒɒnˈsəʊnɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑnˈsoʊniəˌnɪz(ə)m/ An elaborate, literary style of language, speech, or writing, as used by or characteristic of Samuel Johnson, characterized by the use of many Latinate words and grandiloquent phraseology. Also: a phrase or expression of this type. Cf. Johnsonism n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > ideas, etc., characteristic of specific writer
Marlowism1593
Rabelaism1803
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Boswellism1825
Swiftianism1826
Walter Scottism1835
Carlylism1841
Voltairism1841
Macaulayism1846
Voltairianism1848
Zolaism1882
Rabelaisianism1886
Brontëism1887
Arnoldism1892
Kiplingism1898
Shavianism1905
Menckenism1922
Sitwellism1922
Pirandellism1925
Shavianismus1927
Proustery1928
Wodehousian1931
Waughism1934
Snovianism1966
Orwellianism1967
Pinterism1967
Orwellism1970
Pinterishness1970
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > style of an author, period, or work > style of specific author
Darwinianism1804
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Ossianesque1821
Johnsonese1831
Darwinism1840
Carlylese1858
Macaulayese1859
Ruskinese1863
Ruskinesque1873
Hegelese1886
Kiplingese1899
Borrovian1900
Runyonese1937
1807 tr. C. A. G. Goede Stranger in Eng. II. 142 In England, the Johnsonianism is a prevalent disease.
1892 J. Murdoch From Austral. & Japan i. 268 Pompous, meaningless, and empty Johnsonianisms.
1953 Illustr. London News 25 Oct. 1096/1 It [sc. the Beggar's Opera] brought out..the Johnsonianism of Johnson.
2011 Bibliothèque d'Humanisme & Renaissance 73 664 The fake Johnsonianism I long ago heard: ‘This, Sir, is a work which is superfluous to praise but dangerous to consult.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1807