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Snopesism
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English
Etymology
From en Snopes ism, from the surname of several unscrupulous or heartless characters in the Snopes trilogy (1940–1959) by William Faulkner.
Noun
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en uncommon US Unscrupulous or heartless behaviour; rapacity.
Quentin Anderson New Critic Back Down South 1978-05-21 https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/21/archives/new-critic-back-down-south-new-critic.html Of course, Faulkner went on in “A Fable” to make Snopesism generic. He proclaims that human “rapacity” is universal. https://web.archive.org/web/20240327021158/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/21/archives/new-critic-back-down-south-new-critic.html 27 March 2024
Synonyms
en Snopeishness
en eponyms terms derived from fiction