bachelorism

[ bach-luh-riz-uhm ]

/ ˈbætʃ ləˌrɪz əm /

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state of being a bachelor.

a characteristic or peculiarity of a bachelor: Excessive tidiness had been added to his bachelorisms.

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An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; bachelor + -ism

Ten to one, he is old, and has all the shrivelled, high-dried appearance of the most far-gone and confirmed bachelorism.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444|Various