Definition of Donnism

1. n. Self-importance; loftiness of carriage.

Definition of Donnism

1. Noun. (UK university slang dated) self-importance; loftiness of carriage ¹

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Definition of Donnism

1. self-importance [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Donnism

donnees
donner
donnerd
donnered
donnert
donnes
donnicker
donnickers
donniker
donnikers
donning
donnish
donnishly
donnishness
donnishnesses
donnism (current term)
donnisms
donnot
donnots
donnybrook
donnybrooks
donor
donor card
donor splice junction
donorcycle
donorcycles
donors
donorship
donorships

Literary usage of Donnism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1875)
"... and the senior part of the university become stage dons, who are only there to provoke our derision by various forms of the witty definition of "donnism ..."

2. Essays by the Late Mark Pattison: Sometime Rector of Lincoln College by Mark Pattison (1889)
"... our derision by various forms of the witty definition of ' donnism,' ' a mysterious carriage of the body intended to conceal the defects of the mind. ..."

3. The English Universities: From the German of V. A. Huber by Victor Aimé Huber (1843)
"In short, donnism, wherever it exists, destroys that simple acting of heart on heart and conscience on conscience, ..."

4. An Analytical Digest of the Cases Published in the New Series of the Law (1838)
"... applies equally on motions for criminal information. Rex v. donnism, 4 B. & Ad. 698. NEXT-OF-KIN. Where the words "next-of-kin" are used sim- ..."

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