fogyism
- 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
"A large catholicity is taking the place of the old fogyism of former days," scribbles the hack-writer.
From The Heart-Cry of Jesus by Rees, Byron J. (Byron Johnson)
Certainly the great car of progress is under motion, and no bigoted, conservative fogyism can long stay its progress.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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 an earlier age than we think," says Professor James.
From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)
