priggism

[prig-iz-uh m]

noun

priggish character or ideas; priggishness.

Origin of priggism

First recorded in 1735–45; prig¹ + -ism

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Historical Examples of priggism

There is a dash of solemnity, a ludicrous assumption of priggism, about the Scottish fool which Mr White has entirely evaded.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846
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A striking characteristic of these learned women was the entire absence of all priggism or pedantry.
Woman in Science
John Augustine Zahm