scoundrelism

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noun

The quality of being a scoundrel; the dishonest activities of a scoundrel.

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Meanings

nounscoundrelism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being a scoundrel; the dishonest activities of a scoundrel.

    ―Johnson. […] There is generally a scoundrelism about a low man. ―Mr. Boyd said, that was a good ism.

    1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, page 111

Origin

From scoundrel + -ism.

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