Rip Van Winkleismn.

Brit.

/ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋklɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˌrɪp vən ˈwɪŋk(ə)lɪzəm/

Forms: 1800s– Rip Van Winkleism, 1900s– Rip Van Winklism. Also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rip Van Winkle , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Rip Van Winkle (see Rip Van Winkle n.) + -ism suffix.

Behaviour (regarded as) characteristic of Rip Van Winkle; (also) an instance of this, esp. an outmoded custom or opinion.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > custom or opinion

Rip Van Winkleism1842

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1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xlviii. 311 [Reading an old-fashioned book] was counted among my Rip-Van-Winkle-isms.

1888 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Feb. (1965) I. 185 He persists in his 18th century Rip-van-Winkleism.

1904 Westm. Gaz. Mar. 253 To extend the range of political action and to forbid lapses into lethargy, rather than run the risk of absorption in Liberal Rip Van Winklism.

1921 H. Hatch Insurance against Unemployment in Plant in Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. N.Y. (1922) 557 It is driving us into the..Rip Van Winkleism of government ownership.

1958 College Composition & Communication 9 19/2 Plugged in to some new subject, we can go to bed with a sleeping pill and wake up vastly learned. This is the Rip Van Winkleism of the future.

2007 Times (Nexis) 11 Jan. 4 The anaesthetic of a warm office, regular pay and steady prospects soon casts its soporific spell on another year of career Rip van Winkleism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rip van winkleism
释义	Rip Van Winkleismn. Brit. /ˌrɪp van ˈwɪŋklɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌrɪp vən ˈwɪŋk(ə)lɪzəm/ Forms: 1800s– Rip Van Winkleism, 1900s– Rip Van Winklism. Also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rip Van Winkle , -ism suffix. Etymology: < the name of Rip Van Winkle (see Rip Van Winkle n.) + -ism suffix. Behaviour (regarded as) characteristic of Rip Van Winkle; (also) an instance of this, esp. an outmoded custom or opinion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness > custom or opinion Rip Van Winkleism1842 wasm1949 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xlviii. 311 [Reading an old-fashioned book] was counted among my Rip-Van-Winkle-isms. 1888 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Feb. (1965) I. 185 He persists in his 18th century Rip-van-Winkleism. 1904 Westm. Gaz. Mar. 253 To extend the range of political action and to forbid lapses into lethargy, rather than run the risk of absorption in Liberal Rip Van Winklism. 1921 H. Hatch Insurance against Unemployment in Plant in Proc. Acad. Polit. Sci. N.Y. (1922) 557 It is driving us into the..Rip Van Winkleism of government ownership. 1958 College Composition & Communication 9 19/2 Plugged in to some new subject, we can go to bed with a sleeping pill and wake up vastly learned. This is the Rip Van Winkleism of the future. 2007 Times (Nexis) 11 Jan. 4 The anaesthetic of a warm office, regular pay and steady prospects soon casts its soporific spell on another year of career Rip van Winkleism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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