What does bumpkinism mean?
Bumpkinism means The fact or quality of being a bumpkin..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The fact or quality of being a bumpkin..
Unavoidably the economic crisis brought about by Mao's bumpkinism rocked the Communist boat.
But from the point of view of Joseph II and his successors it was a purely Enlightenment project – the rescue of a benighted land from the feudal bumpkinism of Polish aristocrats.
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Bumpkinism means The fact or quality of being a bumpkin..
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Unavoidably the economic crisis brought about by Mao's bumpkinism rocked the Communist boat.
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