Definition of "old-fogyism" [old-fogyism]

• The character or views of an old fogy; fondness for old or antiquated notions and ways. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But three kids, out of school and immediately bored, plus two teenaged houseguests, put the brakes on our budding old-fogyism in sharp order."
• "It is old-fogyism to be ignorant of that happiness-producing transformation which people everywhere are enjoying at this time."
• "It is easy to understand how important are such admissions when we recall how much this traditional view has been assailed, and how those who have held it have been accused of old-fogyism and lack of scholarship, and unwarranted clinging to antiquated notions just because they thought they were of faith, and how, lacking in true scholarship, seriously hampering genuine investigation, such conservatism has been declared to be."