Buchmanism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Buchmanism
1925–30; Frank N. D. Buchman (1879–1961), U.S. religious leader; see -ism
Example Sentences
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Buchmanism is about 20 years old, a mere infant in the range of religious history.
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In Princeton's Class of 1920, however, was a Canadian preacher's son whose popularity was immense, yet who surprised few of his friends when he was converted to "Buchmanism" the spring of his senior year.
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It also demonstrates that Buchmanism is a bore, at least in the movies, and that Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Rose Hobart, Nigel Bruce and Bruce Cabot are not.
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One of the tenets of Buchmanism is "Absolute Honesty."
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The patient votaries of that curious collegiate cult called "Buchmanism," received last week one of the rebuffs upon which they thrive.
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