debutantism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]debutantism (uncountable)
- The status or behaviour of a debutante.
- 1982, Alexandra Ripley, Charleston, page 465:
- She was enjoying her return to society, but she had no desire to try a rebirth of debutantism.
- 2011, Curtis Harnack, We Have All Gone Away, page 177:
- Her voice became cultivated, her walk poised, and her clothes had that choice air of debutantism.