bullshittism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief that everything is nonsense or untrue; the belief that attempting to be truthful is pointless.
Countable; Derogatory; Humorous; Uncountable
noun
A set of beliefs, practices, or attitudes based on false or misleading assertions.
Countable; Informal; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I don't think they give much of a fuck about foster children, only about whether people these days are being beaten out of the things that they, in their religious bullshittism, have traditionally wished beaten out of them, which actually has been a major cause of brutality and criminality in the society […]"
- "One of the links in my About.com profile is a reply for the message "Buddhism in a nutshell", which is my unbunking of the bullshittism thas^([sic]) is Buddhism."
- "Privately, [Paddy] Chayefsky fumed at the accumulated battering he and the movie were receiving and started drafting a response aimed at the entire television industry. In this open letter (which he characterized as a “first revolt against bullshitism”), the author declared, “Television people should stop worrying about whether their image is being tarnished and start examining their responsibilities to the public—Stop making so much money.[…]”"
- "Bluehorse had a difficult decision. Even though Tom was out of office, he probably still had a few chits owed to him, and he could use them to cause Bluehorse trouble, maybe even his job. Navajo politics suffered from favoritism and protectionism and plain old bullshitism. Doing the right thing on the reservation didn’t matter much if it made someone in power look bad."
- "“Dorothy, I have always believed and have always said that a great deal of that is true,” said Michael. He avoided the most egregious bullshittism of “I don't know what the perfect answer is”—clergy always threw this in with especial triumph, as if, in fact, they’d found it."
- "Don't get me wrong I like doom, I like reading about it. But it is getting rediculous when 3 out of 5 posts here are pointing out a tiny little bullshitism in somebodies post - I mean, get a life. If you did it in normal conversation you'd be filled in after the first minute!"