Priggism

Quick meaning: Priggism is a noun meaning The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig; exaggerated propriety, fussiness about trivialities.

Meaning

The quality or state of being priggish; the manners of a prig; exaggerated propriety, fussiness about trivialities.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Roguery; thievery.

Example Sentences

Earl Grey is an elegant man in his person; and his usual dress is tight and trim, bordering upon priggism.

1903, Julia Frankau (as Frank Danby), Pigs in Clover, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Chapter 11, p. 211, He was even satisfied, secretly gratified at the correctness of demeanour of his proposed bride, the reluctance of her maidenhood, it all fitted in with his priggism […]

Snobbism, […] like priggism, to which it is closely akin, really indicates a lack of mental perspective. Unlike priggism, however, which seldom obtains any substantial advantage for those suffering from it, certain forms of snobbery can be turned to profitable account […]

This writing will work as the artist imagines it, exhibiting the eros that we mistakenly attache to Clinton in our involuntary defense of him, as if puritanical fundamentalism and whiggish priggism weren’t essentially replicated by him in his policies, where it really counts […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for priggism

Depending on context, synonyms include priggery, priggishness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include priggishness, prighood, prissiness, unpriggishness, prudeness, prudishness.

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