busybodyism

English

Etymology

From busybody +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪzibɒdiɪzm̩/

Noun

busybodyism (uncountable)

  1. The behaviour of a busybody; interfering, meddling. [from 19th c.]
    • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
      ‘The suspicious circumstances which invest him, will be found to tally much better with my hypothesis of romantic busy-bodyism, than with the reasoner's suggestion of guilt.’
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