debutantism

English

Etymology

debutante +‎ -ism

Noun

debutantism (uncountable)

1. The status or behaviour of a debutante.
   • 1982, Alexandra Ripley, Charleston, page 465:

     She was enjoying her return to society, but she had no desire to try a rebirth of debutantism.

   • 2011, Curtis Harnack, We Have All Gone Away, page 177:

     Her voice became cultivated, her walk poised, and her clothes had that choice air of debutantism.