English Explanatory Dictionary

owlism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Affected or pretentious wisdom; pompous dullness; bombast.
  2. Owlishness; pompous pseudo-intellectual nature or behavior.
  3. The identification with and/or worship of owls.
  4. Night-owlism.

Word forms

owlism

Etymology

From owl + -ism.

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