shopkeeperism

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noun

The characteristic attitudes and behaviours of a shopkeeper.

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Meanings

nounshopkeeperism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe characteristic attitudes and behaviours of a shopkeeper.

    Their general petty shopkeeperism is so constant, their relinquishment of a concern for literature and public taste so commonplace, we are inclined to forget the flagrancy of their defection.

    1950, Quarterly Review of Literature, volume 6, page 104

Origin

From shopkeeper + -ism.

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

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Chicago

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