Cowboyism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The behaviour or attitudes of cowboys. uncountable

    "It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots […]"

Example

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"It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots […]"

Etymology

From cowboy + -ism.

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