Fletcherism

American  

[flech-uh-riz-uhm] / ˈflɛtʃ əˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.

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Fletcherism British  

/ ˈflɛtʃəˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the practice of chewing food thoroughly and drinking liquids in small sips to aid digestion

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Etymology

Origin of Fletcherism

1905–10, Fletcher + -ism

Example Sentences

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Fletcherism

Fletcherism held a good deal of intuitive appeal.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013

Together, he and Chittenden did their best to convince Hoover to make Fletcherism part of U.S. economic policy, thereby justifying a two-thirds reduction in the amount of civilian rations shipped overseas.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013

Fletcherism, as it was called, promoted chewing a mouthful of food until all "goodness" was extracted, then spitting out the fibrous material that was left.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2013

One still sees the last adherents to Fletcherism, nervous and deliberate oldsters, attacking their soft boiled eggs with sly and dreary routine.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is growing throughout the land to-day a conviction—which has its core of truth—that many people eat too much meat; and not a few see a remedy in vegetarianism and Fletcherism.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various