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bullshittism en · NOUN

Etymology

From bullshit + -ism.

Meanings

1. (Internet, countable, derogatory, humorous, uncommon, uncountable, vulgar) The belief that everything is nonsense or untrue; the belief that attempting to be truthful is pointless.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) A set of beliefs, practices, or attitudes based on false or misleading assertions.
   • Privately, [Paddy] Chayefsky fumed at the accumulated battering he and the movie were receiving and started drafting a response aimed at the entire television industry. In this open letter (which he characterized as a “first revolt against bullshitism”), the author declared, “Television people should stop worrying about whether their image is being tarnished and start examining their responsibilities to the public—Stop making so much money.[…]” 2014, Dave Itzkoff, “A Storm of Humanity” (chapter 5), in Mad as Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies, New York, N.Y.: Times Books, →ISBN, page 157:
   • One of the links in my About.com profile is a reply for the message "Buddhism in a nutshell", which is my unbunking of the bullshittism thas^([sic]) is Buddhism. 2008 April 8, Autymn D. C., “Re: Dropping Einstein Like a Stone”, in sci.physics (Usenet):
   • I don't think they give much of a fuck about foster children, only about whether people these days are being beaten out of the things that they, in their religious bullshittism, have traditionally wished beaten out of them, which actually has been a major cause of brutality and criminality in the society […] 2000 September 15, Steve, “Re: Spanking Foster Kids - A good idea or not?”, in alt.parenting.spanking (Usenet):
   • Bluehorse had a difficult decision. Even though Tom was out of office, he probably still had a few chits owed to him, and he could use them to cause Bluehorse trouble, maybe even his job. Navajo politics suffered from favoritism and protectionism and plain old bullshitism. Doing the right thing on the reservation didn’t matter much if it made someone in power look bad. 2015, John Fortunato, Dark Reservations, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 180:
3. (countable, informal, uncountable) A false or misleading statement; a piece of bullshit.
   • “Dorothy, I have always believed and have always said that a great deal of that is true,” said Michael. He avoided the most egregious bullshittism of “I don't know what the perfect answer is”—clergy always threw this in with especial triumph, as if, in fact, they’d found it. 1973 May, May Dikeman, chapter 35, in The Devil We Know, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 374:
   • It's just been liberal nutcases like yourself, protected by people who give their lives and are willing to give their lives, who are able to sit back and postulate and fart as they stir their tea and spout New Age bullshitisms. 2001 September 12, I'm Skip & You're Not, “Re: Barbara Olsen on downed Pentagon plane”, in misc.writing (Usenet):
   • Among your various bullshittisms, we find something with some kind of logical structure, i.e., something a non-mega-moron would have an interest in. 2015 February 15, Vincent Maycock, “Re: Nested Hierarchy”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
   • Don't get me wrong I like doom, I like reading about it. But it is getting rediculous when 3 out of 5 posts here are pointing out a tiny little bullshitism in somebodies post - I mean, get a life. If you did it in normal conversation you'd be filled in after the first minute! 1996 April 23, Paul Noble, “Vote! Most Pedantic News group ever”, in rec.games.computer.doom.playing (Usenet):

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