blockheadism

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noun

The character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy.

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Meanings

nounblockheadism (countable and uncountable, plural blockheadisms)

plural blockheadisms

  1. countableuncountableThe character or behaviour of a blockhead; stupidity or idiocy.

    Robespierre, when he heard of it, broke out into something almost like swearing at the brutish blockheadism of this Hébert[.]

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter VII, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume III (The Guillotine), London: James Fraser, […], →OCLC, book IV (Terror), page 272

Origin

From blockhead + -ism.

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Translations

Polish bałwaństwo
  • bałwaństwostupidity
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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