Anglais modifier

Étymologie modifier

Composé de cute hoor et du suffixe -ism.

Locution nominale modifier

Indénombrable
cute hoorism
\kjut ˈhuɹ.ɪzm̩\

cute hoorism \kjut ˈhuɹ.ɪzm̩\

  1. (Irlande) Fourberie, sournoiserie, tricherie, astuce, en particulier dans un sens négatif : truanderie.
    • Some of the articles in this volume point to a culture of individusalism and ‘cute hoorism’ – where people try to get the political system to work for their own individual desires rather than for broad policy changes. — (McGrath & O’Malley, Irish Political Studies Reader, p. 7, 2007)
    • On a positive note, the Rechthaberei culture has bred a society of remarkable, dogged fairness – the opposite of cute hoorism. — (Irish Times, 21 août 2010)