grandmotherism

English

Etymology

grandmother +‎ -ism

Noun

grandmotherism (uncountable)

1. grandmotherly behaviour; mild or weak authoritarianism
   • 1908, British Dental Journal, volume 29, page 202:

     […] but I hold that strong evils require strong measures to suppress them, and there is no reason why professional etiquette should be another name for grandmotherism.

   • 1932, Arthur Bryant, The Spirit of Conservatism, page 32:

     Bureaucracy begins as well-meaning grandmotherism and ends as tyranny.