fogy
noun
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded byold ).
fogyism
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a word derived from
fogy.
Example Sentences
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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
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 Timothy Templeton
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 Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
In later life this economical tendency to leave the old undisturbed leads to what we know as 'old fogyism.'
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by William James
These and a thousand other mighty triumphs of human ingenuity have fought their way onward to their present position, against the fogyism of philosophy, the inertia of the schoolmen.
From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by S. H. (Samuel H.) Hammond
