prettyism

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noun

The affectation of a pretty style or manner.

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Meanings

nounprettyism (countable and uncountable, plural prettyisms)

plural prettyisms

  1. archaiccountableuncountableThe affectation of a pretty style or manner.

    It is a fault , however , that the style is occasionally a little affected , and that a certain varnish of prettyism and pedantry is sometimes spread over conceptions of the most beautiful simplicity

    1806, “Memoires de Marmontel”, in The Edinburgh Review

Origin

From pretty + -ism.

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APA

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Chicago

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