bumpkinism

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noun

The fact or quality of being a bumpkin.

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Meanings

nounbumpkinism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe fact or quality of being a bumpkin.

    Unavoidably the economic crisis brought about by Mao's bumpkinism rocked the Communist boat.

    1967, Chinese Communist Affairs, volume 4, page 57
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    But from the point of view of Joseph II and his successors it was a purely Enlightenment project – the rescue of a benighted land from the feudal bumpkinism of Polish aristocrats.

    2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 324

Origin

From bumpkin + -ism.

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

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

Chicago

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