flunkyism

English

Etymology

flunky +‎ -ism

Noun

flunkyism (countable and uncountable, plural flunkyisms)

1. The state of being a flunkey
   • 1648, Thomas Carlyle, Death Warrant:

     This action of the English Regicides did in effect strike a damp like death through the heart of Flunkyism universally in this world

Alternative forms

• flunkeyism

References

• “flunlyism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.