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grandmotherism

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism

uncountable

Examples

“[…] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism.”
Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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