obsoletism
English
Noun
obsoletism (plural obsoletisms)
- A disused word or phrase; an archaism.
- 1873, Fitzedward Hall, Modern English:
- He cannot place side by side with 'in respect of', some kindred obsoletism; because any obsoletism, it seems, is equally bad grammar
References
- “obsoletism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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