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authorism

noun — 2 senses

authorism

noun

Etymology From author + -ism.

1

Archaic Authorship.

  • Authorism of the work is ascribed to Cicero.
2

A habit or practice of an author.

  • My publisher put up with my authorisms.
  • No person could be more ready to discern and to praise its graces; but, from the commencement of the Botanic Garden, the jealous spirit of authorism darkened his candor.1999, Gary Kelly, Jennifer Kelly, Anna Seward, Bluestocking feminism: writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-1785:

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