单词 | johnsonism |
释义 | Johnsonismn. A phrase or expression characteristic of, or used by, Samuel Johnson; (also) style of language, speech, or writing characteristic of Johnson (see Johnsonian adj.). Cf. Johnsonianism n. ΘΚΠ 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 Ann. Rev. & Hist. of Lit. 1806 5 267 The pedantic preference shown in this instance to learned words threatens a new inundation of Johnsonisms. 1841 New World 6 Nov. 291/1 We do not mean to say that he [sc. Charles Anthon] is altogether without faults, but a certain antique Johnsonism of style is perhaps one of his worst. 1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 104/4 Mr. Sparrow's retort is: ‘The reviewer is wrong, and we have only to walk into a wood to prove it.’ This Johnsonism is on the right side of the case—the imaginative. 2015 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Sept. c13/2 One encounters all the famous Johnsonisms in Boswell's biography, from ‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life’..to ‘Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1807 |
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