John Bullismn.
/ˌdʒɒn ˈbʊlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌdʒɑn ˈbʊˌlɪz(ə)m/ 1. The typical English (or British) character or nature; (later also) English patriotism, esp. of an exaggerated or aggressive nature.
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1791 F. Burney 13 Aug. in Jrnls. & Lett. (1972) I. 8 We now were touched to shake off a part of the John Bullism that had encrusted us.
1847 B. Barton Sel. Poems & Ballads (1849) 32 A finer sample of John Bullism you would rarely see.
1921 Ld. Rosebery Miscellanies I. ii. 52 As part of his [sc. Johnson] John Bullism, note his robust common sense.
2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 12 May 1 He [sc. George Orwell] manages to write convincingly about England and the English without turning in the least chauvinistic. The John Bullism of his Victorian equivalents is altogether beyond him.
2. An instance of typically English (or British) behaviour or of English patriotism; a typically English (or British) act, utterance, or characteristic. Now rare.
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1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. xi. 169 This true John Bullism, Lynmere had neither sense to despise, nor humour to laugh at.
1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 17 May 306/1 The sturdy, old-fashioned John Bullisms, those dogged assertions of British invincibility under any circumstances, in which our fathers used to delight.
1933 Auckland Star 4 Apr. 6/7 Waging war upon English prejudices and national susceptibility, destroying John Bullisms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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