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But in Paris last week the Municipal Council took vigorous steps to stamp out such old fogyism, to force everyone who is not blind to see advertisements.

From Time Magazine Archive

The men of the day, the men who understand and comprehend the exigencies, the necessities of the war, they pierce through the rotten crust of fogyism.

From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

Why, Gineral, you have been stowed away so long, keeping dog-watch over fogyism, that you don't comprehend how Uncle Sam has been transformed into a go-ahead chap to suit the times.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy

When articles by these opponents to suffrage appeared, the argument of youth hardly held good; and the attacks of the suffragists were quickly shifted to the ground of "narrow-mindedness and old-fashioned fogyism."

From The Americanization of Edward Bok : the autobiography of a Dutch boy fifty years after by Bok, Edward William

Old fogyism begins at a younger age than we think.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William