PEDESTRIANISM


Meaning of PEDESTRIANISM in English

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

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