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debutantism en · NOUN

Etymology

From debutante + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The status or behaviour of a debutante.
    • She was enjoying her return to society, but she had no desire to try a rebirth of debutantism. 1982, Alexandra Ripley, Charleston, page 465:
    • Her voice became cultivated, her walk poised, and her clothes had that choice air of debutantism. 2011, Curtis Harnack, We Have All Gone Away, page 177: