Caddism
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 caddish behaviour uncountable
"A great deal of caddism is, however, perpetrated by those who profess to have the greatest horror of it—the upper classes—a fact which goes far to prove that it is impossible to fairly ascribe a distinctive feature to any grade of society."
Example
More examples"A great deal of caddism is, however, perpetrated by those who profess to have the greatest horror of it—the upper classes—a fact which goes far to prove that it is impossible to fairly ascribe a distinctive feature to any grade of society."
Etymology
From cad + -ism.
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