dashism

English

Etymology

From dash +‎ -ism.

Noun

dashism (uncountable)

1. (rare, colloquial, dated) The act of showing off or pomp.
   • 1788, Vicesimus Knox, Winter Evenings:

     He must fight a duel before his claim to […] dashism can be universally allowed.

References

• “dashism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shadism