matronism

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English

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Etymology

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matron +‎ -ism

Noun

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matronism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) matronhood
    • 1854, The Keepsake:
      To a lad of my age, the idea of a woman of thirty was connected with nothing but associations of far-advanced old maidenhood or very ripe matronism […]

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