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Etymology[edit]
Mawworm + -ism
mawwormism (uncountable)
- (rare) Sanctimonious hypocrisy; the behaviour of a Mawworm
1883 August 4, Hansard:The Bill was introduced in a spirit of mawwormism and cant.