authorism
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authorism (countable and uncountable, plural authorisms)
- (archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
- Authorism of the work is ascribed to Cicero.
- (countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author.
- My publisher put up with my authorisms.
- 1999, Gary Kelly, Jennifer Kelly, Anna Seward, Bluestocking feminism: writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-1785:
- No person could be more ready to discern and to praise its graces; but, from the commencement of the Botanic Garden, the jealous spirit of authorism darkened his candor.