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The condition, characteristics, or behaviour of a bluestocking (bluestocking, n. 1); bluestockingism.
the state or condition of being a bluestocking; = bluestockingism, n.
Academic learning pursued by a woman; the fact of being a bluestocking (bluestocking, n. 1). Usually derogatory. Obsolete.