noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The habit of doing things only because one feels that one ought to do them. informal, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

musturbation

Etymology

From ought + -ism, sometimes as a pun on autism.

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