Puseyism

American  

[pyoo-zee-iz-uhm] / ˈpyu ziˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Tractarianism.

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Puseyism British  

/ ˈpjuːzɪˌɪzəm /

noun

1. a derogatory term for the Oxford Movement used by its contemporary opponents

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Other Word Forms

• Puseyistic adjective
• Puseyistical adjective
• Puseyite noun

Etymology

Origin of Puseyism

1830–40; (E. B.) Pusey + -ism

Example Sentences

But towards the end of 1850 the cry of "Papal Aggression" broke out, and the popular excitement, already aroused over Puseyism, was fanned to an extraordinary pitch.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)

You never hear of Puseyism in the Tower Hamlets; you might as soon expect to find the Italian Opera there as a St. Barnabas. 

From The London Pulpit by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

No plainer proof can be given of the feeling in these quarters, than the absurd myth, now a second time put forward, 'that Vice-Chancellors cannot be got to take the office on account of Puseyism.'

From Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

"They have gone over to Puseyism, and stained glass, and Saint Winifred's shin-bones, and early Christian art," broke in Stocmar.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

What do such words as Puseyism, Jesuitism, Buddhism, and now even Pre-Darwinism and Pre-Lamarckism signify?

From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)