clubbism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

club +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

clubbism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) clubmanship; cliquishness
    • 1853, Association Medical Journal, volume 1, page 1028:
      The unwholesome clubbism of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society was prominently noticed by us upon the occasion of the exclusion of Dr. Murphy from the Council, notoriously upon the ground of his not belonging to the College of Physicians of London.
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