Meanings
nounSnopesism (uncountable)
- USuncommonuncountableUnscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.
Of course, Faulkner went on in “A Fable” to make Snopesism generic. He proclaims that human “rapacity” is universal.
1978 May 21, Quentin Anderson, “New Critic Back Down South”, in The New York Times, →ISSNSynonyms: Snopeishness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounUnscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.
Similar
Snopeishness
Origin
From Snopes + -ism, from the surname of several unscrupulous or heartless characters in the Snopes trilogy (1940–1959) by William Faulkner.
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Snopesism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snopesism
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“Snopesism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snopesism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Snopesism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Snopesism.
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