caddism

C3A1D2D2I1S1M3

noun

caddish behaviour

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Meanings

nouncaddism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecaddish behaviour

    A great deal of caddism is, however, perpetrated by those who profess to have the greatest horror of it—the upper classes—a fact which goes far to prove that it is impossible to fairly ascribe a distinctive feature to any grade of society.

    1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Origin

From cad + -ism.

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APA

caddism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caddism

MLA

“caddism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caddism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caddism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caddism.

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