Grandmotherism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism uncountable

    "[…] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism."

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"[…] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism."

Etymology

From grandmother + -ism.

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