poshdom

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noun

The condition or world of the upper class; refinement; elegance

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Meanings

nounposhdom (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition or world of the upper class; refinement; elegance

    The 'Lanky' has gone missing from the voice, is replaced by one of her awful attempts at 'poshdom'.

    1994, Ruth Hamilton, The September Starlings, page 577
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    […] they went through her mind like fast thunderstorms, and Jonathan Fraiser as the cause and manipulator, high priest of the ... biographer and deflator of "poshdom and poverty alike," the same mutants of an alienated culture […]

    1982, Outerbridge - Issues 10-11, page 16

Origin

From posh + -dom.

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APA

poshdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poshdom

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“poshdom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poshdom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poshdom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poshdom.

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