See Also: patternism(dictionary)

unsportsmanlike (iou) and patternism (iou)


unsportsmanlike (iou)



unsportsmanlike adjective. M18.
[from UN-1 + SPORTSMANLIKE.]
Not sportsmanlike; dishonourable, unseemly.
P. Goodman High pressure advertising has been..denounced..as giving kids an unsportsmanlike taste for publicity.

patternism (iou)



patternism noun. M20.
[from PATTERN noun + -ISM.]
The description or classification of religions or literature according to recurrent patterns rather than historical development.
patternist noun & adjective (a) noun a proponent of patternism; (b) adjective of or pertaining to patternism: M20.