herodism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Herodism.
noun
Indulgence in or worship of worldly spectacle and power rather than that which is good or worthy.
Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A political stance of allowing domination by a more powerful country, usually in order to preserve some level of control rather than being vanquished.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In 1702 he wrote in opposition to prevalent intolerance a phamphlet entitled "The shortest way with Dissenters," in which he counselled the violent and total extinction of all who differed with the state-sanctioned creed. He was, of course, out-Heroding Herod to mock Herodism : but his imitation was too good and he was clapped into Newgate and condemned to the pillory."
- "I understand that the mothers often would be willing to rear their daughters; but the fathers, who have supreme control in their families, insist upon getting rid of useless mouths and choke their infant babes to death, the mothers readily acquiescing. Equeesik, one of our hunters on the sledge journey, who is himself a Netchillik, denies this charge of female Herodism."
- "The maternal instinct which rebelled at what they unjustly and too hastily termed as antenatal Herodism was an obstacle to scientific research in this instance, and we shall always feel that Dr. Gregg was either jealous of the great attainments of the oracle or laboring under some prejudice, for, as stated above, had the population and procreation only gone on apace and the mothers been more self-sacrificing in the interest of science, the truth or fallacy of the proposition might have been established in the course of the next generation and thus the cause of science suffered."
- "For the price of a postage stamp, however, and the effort of a letter to our Member of Parliament, we may yet at this eleventh hour make a gesture for the defence of the foetus and prevent the introduction of Herodism and abortions of convenience into British medicine."
- "The target of defamation has been hurled from the pulpit and every rostrum upheaved to foster indolence and selfish principality of power. This mock heroism, or Herodism, is disgusting and sickening to a soul capable of finding worth outside of the world's pomp .and glitter, — outside of her charnel-house of ostentatious merit."
- "And they have taken especial pains to remind us that 'it is God who worketh in men both to will and to do of His good pleasure,' and to warn against the Nebuchadnezzarism and Herodism of taking credit to ourselves for the fruits of the Divine energy."