Meanings
nounavuncularism (uncountable)
alternative avunculism
- uncountableAn avuncular attitude.
Their heavy paternalism was in some ways a better thing than the slapdash, half-bogus fraternalism of the French, or the priggish avuncularism of the British.
1952, Harry Hopkins, New world arising
Origin
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avuncularism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avuncularism
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“avuncularism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avuncularism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “avuncularism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/avuncularism.
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