plebeianism

English

Etymology

From plebeian + -ism; compare French plébéianisme.

Noun

plebeianism (countable and uncountable, plural plebeianisms)

  1. The quality or state of being plebeian. [from 18th c.]
    • 1802, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 425:
      From this time, however, you may easily, my dear Friends, believe, a similar plebeianism cannot disgrace me.

Romanian

Etymology

From plebeian + -ism.

Noun

plebeianism n (uncountable)

  1. plebeianism

Declension

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