Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pretension, on account of wealth acquired newly or by questionable methods, to social position or influence to which one is not entitled by birth or breeding. See
shoddy , n., 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The quality or state of being shoddy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial
shoddy quality or condition
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word shoddyism.
Examples
-
The young solicitor had too much good taste, culture, and breeding, to follow in the wake of shoddyism.
Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour
-
We can respect and sympathise with shabby gentility, (generally, in the South, on the principle that a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind) and be dazzled by the displays of shoddyism with its barbaric splendor, but
The Liberian Exodus. An Account of Voyage of the First Emigrants in the Bark "Azor," and Their Reception at Monrovia, with a Description of Liberia--Its Customs and Civilization, Romances and Prospects. Alfred Brockenbrough Williams 1878
-
Diamonds in the morning always exhibit a trace of shoddyism.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding Sophia Orne 1873
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.