Kiplingism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling. countable, uncountable

    "This character has his own way of viewing all that is wrong, challenging nostalgic rhetoric and the most anachronistic Kiplingism."

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"This character has his own way of viewing all that is wrong, challenging nostalgic rhetoric and the most anachronistic Kiplingism."

Etymology

From Kipling + -ism.

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