Shopkeeperism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic attitudes and behaviours of a shopkeeper. uncountable

    "Their general petty shopkeeperism is so constant, their relinquishment of a concern for literature and public taste so commonplace, we are inclined to forget the flagrancy of their defection."

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"Their general petty shopkeeperism is so constant, their relinquishment of a concern for literature and public taste so commonplace, we are inclined to forget the flagrancy of their defection."

Etymology

From shopkeeper + -ism.

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