[f. as prec. + -ISM.] The state of being a fogy; the characteristic behavior of fogies.
1859. Holland, Gold F., xviii. 219–20. Of all the bondage in the world I know of none more senseless and useless than bondage to one’s character or reputation. The ‘fogyism’ and ‘hunkerism’ of politics, and the rigid conservatism of religious opinion, grow mainly out of this bondage.
1862. Sala, Seven Sons, III. iv. 72. I want to know what becomes of him when he reaches middle age, or approaches fogeyism.
