cowboyism en · NOUN
Etymology
From cowboy + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The behaviour or attitudes of cowboys.
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 […]
1980, David Muench, Jerry Flemmons, Texas, page 8: