debutantism en · NOUN
Etymology
From debutante + -ism.
Meanings
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(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: