owlism noun4 •Affected or pretentious wisdom; pompous dullness; bombast.Their Owlisms, Vulturisms, to an incredible extent, will disappear by and by, their Heroisms only remaining, and the helmet be reduced to something like the size of the head, we hope! — 1895 •Owlishness; pompous pseudo-intellectual nature or behavior.Rather than be found guilty of Owlism, let me venture on a bit and expand on my broad thesis of information management . — 1966 •Night-owlism.Her owlism and his larkism are mild forms of circadian-rhythm glitches known as delayed- and advanced- sleep phase syndromes. — 1994 •The identification with and/or worship of owls.The book discusses the habits and rituals of these people-owls and explores the nature of <<owlism>>, which exposes the archaic and occult roots of the 20th century totalitarian systems . — 2006
