Tomboyism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Traditionally masculine behaviour in a girl. uncountable

    "There is whooping and squirrel-watching and rock-throwing —— an au courant tomboyism that remains free of mocking contemporaries for wearing lip gloss."

Example

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"There is whooping and squirrel-watching and rock-throwing —— an au courant tomboyism that remains free of mocking contemporaries for wearing lip gloss."

Etymology

From tomboy + -ism.

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