old boyism

English

Alternative forms

• old-boyism

Etymology

old boy +‎ -ism

Noun

old boyism (uncountable)

1. The existence and use of old boy networks.
   • 1866, Public Opinion - Volume 9, page 648:

     And even amongst those who are of the bachelor persuasion, there are not a few honest trumps who never exhibit old boyism.

   • 1975, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, National Science Foundation Peer Review:

     I think whatever kind of a frying pan we may be in now with respect to oversight might turn into a fire of old boyism if Congress became the court of last resort on all of these grants.

   • 1989, Sherry Suib Cohen, Tender Power: A Revolutionary Approach to Work and Intimacy, page 8:

     Plain old power, the way it is usually practiced in the traditionally male-dominated environment, is the stuff of old boyism.