grandmotherism en · NOUN
Etymology
From grandmother + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
[…] 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.
1908, British Dental Journal, volume 29, page 202:Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny.
1932, Arthur Bryant, The Spirit of Conservatism, page 32: