Definition
The quality or practice of being stubborn, foolish, or obstinate like a donkey; foolish behavior or stubbornness.
Etymology
From 'donkey' plus the suffix '-ism' meaning 'the practice or system of.' This is an older English formation that creates abstract nouns representing characteristics or ideologies associated with a root word.
Kelly Says
Victorian and earlier writers used 'donkeyism' when they wanted to critique someone's behavior in a particularly cutting way—calling someone's actions 'donkeyism' was basically saying they were being irrationally stubborn, not just wrong, but wrong in an annoying way.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንበሳነኝ
anbesanenye
ARالعربية
اسلامية
islamaiya
BNবাংলা
গধূর্যবাদ
gdhuryabad
CACatalà
donkeyisme
donkeisme
CSČeština
donkeyismus
donkeismus
DADansk
donkeyisme
donkeisme
DEDeutsch
Eselismus
eːzəlɪzʊs
ELΕλληνικά
ισμός αλόγου
ismós alógou
ESEspañol
donkeyismo
donkeismo
FISuomi
donkeyismi
donkeismi
FRFrançais
donkeyisme
dɔ̃kɛizəm
HEעברית
דונקיזם
donkeizim
HIहिन्दी
खच्चरवाद
khachharvad
HUMagyar
donkeyizmus
donkeizmus
IDBahasa Indonesia
donkeyisme
donkeisme
ITItaliano
donkeyismo
donkeismo
MSBahasa Melayu
donkeyisme
donkeisme
NLNederlands
ezelisme
ezelisme
NONorsk
donkeyisme
donkeisme
PLPolski
donkeyizm
donkeizm
PTPortuguês
donkeyismo
donkeismo
RORomână
donkeyism
donkeism
RUРусский
лошадизм
losh adizm
SVSvenska
donkeyism
donkeism
SWKiswahili
donkeyism
donkeism
TAதமிழ்
மாட்டியல்
maattiyal
TEతెలుగు
గधेవాదం
gadevaadam
TLTL
donkeyismo
donkeismo
TRTürkçe
sığırcılık
sıɣırçılık
UKУкраїнська
оселство
osilstvo
URاردو
گھوڑے کا نظریہ
ghoray ka nazariya
VITiếng Việt
chính sách ngựa
chinnh sach ngua