Hardyism

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noun

An attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.

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Meanings

nounHardyism (countable and uncountable, plural Hardyisms)

plural Hardyisms

  1. countableuncountableAn attitude or utterance characteristic of the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy.

    This would be considered a typical Hardyism, but he was an old man then and his mind was in the past more than in the present, and he had heard that morning of the death of one of his oldest friends.

    2017, Martin Ray, Thomas Hardy Remembered

Origin

From Hardy + -ism.

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APA

Hardyism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardyism

MLA

“Hardyism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardyism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hardyism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hardyism.

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