Wiktionary

cowboyism

English edit

Etymology edit

cowboy +‎ -ism

Noun edit

cowboyism (uncountable)

  1. The behaviour or attitudes of cowboys.
    • 1980, David Muench, Jerry Flemmons, Texas, page 8:
      It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots […]
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