Covertism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bias or policy of being covert. uncountable

    "It has just struck (another strike !!!) the Writer, that it may be singular for him to overtly express himself as an Editor-Egomet — a sort of " I myself I," — instead of adopting the qua " double Jemmy-ism" of Editores-Nosmet, or the more usual "We ourselves We-ism" of covertism !"

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"It has just struck (another strike !!!) the Writer, that it may be singular for him to overtly express himself as an Editor-Egomet — a sort of " I myself I," — instead of adopting the qua " double Jemmy-ism" of Editores-Nosmet, or the more usual "We ourselves We-ism" of covertism !"

Etymology

From covert + -ism.

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