covertism

English

Etymology

covert +‎ -ism

Noun

covertism (uncountable)

1. A bias or policy of being covert.
   • 1853, Richard John Cole, Pantomime budgets, and By Special Command a Tête-à-Tête between Sir John Barleycorn And the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street:

     It has just struck (another strike !!!) the Writer, that it may be singular for him to overtly express himself as an Editor-Egomet — a sort of " I myself I," — instead of adopting the qua " double Jemmy-ism" of Editores-Nosmet, or the more usual "We ourselves We-ism" of covertism !

   • 1991, Jonathan Treitel, The Red Cabbage Café, page 136:

     What's more, he published a policy statement (it was pasted on the wall in the metro Planning Section office) giving clear backing to covertism. It said that all overtists were saboteurs and monarchists in the pay of France - well, it didn't actually say that: the relevant sentence ran: 'Is it a coincidence that at this very moment the Paris metro is being expanded in accord with so-called overtist principles?'

   • 2012, Mick Coleman, Empowering Family-Teacher Partnerships, →ISBN:

     Unfortunately, this is not always easy because of covertism.