Kiplingism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kipling +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

Kiplingism (countable and uncountable, plural Kiplingisms)

  1. An attitude or turn of phrase characteristic of Rudyard Kipling.
    • 2007, Laura E. Ruberto, Kristi M. Wilson, Italian neorealism and global cinema:
      This character has his own way of viewing all that is wrong, challenging nostalgic rhetoric and the most anachronistic Kiplingism.