The practices, characteristics, or behavioral patterns associated with baboos; a system or ideology of the baboo class in colonial India.
From 'baboo' plus the '-ism' suffix (Greek origin), used to describe ideologies, systems, or characteristic behaviors of a group or movement.
Colonial literature obsessed over 'babooism' as a supposed cultural deficiency—modern scholars recognize this as an example of how colonizers invented pseudo-intellectual systems to justify racial hierarchies.
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