Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A custom, fashion, word, or the like which has become obsolete or gone out of use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
disused word orphrase ; anarchaism .
Etymologies
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obsolete + -ism
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WHO: Anna-Mária Vág strives to bring to light the "rampant obsoletism" that plagues today's society and in turn promote adaptive re-use and sustainable building practices.
Hankblog The Henry Art Gallery 2010
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