pə̇ˈdestrēəˌnizəm noun
( -s )
1.
a. : the practice of walking
a feat of pedestrianism
b. : addiction to walking for exercise or recreation
2. : the quality or state of being pedestrian : banality
the latest mass medium to bewitch the multitude with canned pedestrianism — Jack Gould
— used especially of literary style
a pedestrianism which may defeat the heaven-sent chance to deal fully and splendidly with a mighty subject — Oliver La Farge