Attorneyism

/əˈtɜːrniːɪzəm/ noun

The principles, practices, or behavior patterns characteristic of attorneys and the legal profession, sometimes used critically to describe overly legalistic thinking.

Formed from 'attorney' plus the suffix '-ism' (from Greek '-ismos'), which creates nouns describing systems of belief, practice, or distinctive characteristics. The '-ism' suffix became productive in English around the 16th-17th centuries.

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