Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principles or use of grammar; specifically, a pedantic observance of the rules of grammar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The principles or practices of
grammarians .
Etymologies
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grammarian + -ism
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Examples
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People have this reverence for Foster Wallace's grammarianism, but this is no different than people's reverence for grammar-advice textbooks; as has been pointed out many times on this blog, this is a symptom of people's ignorance of the way language actually works combined with the anxiety left over from grade school that they are doing things wrong.
Language Log Chris Potts 2009
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