dowagerism

From dowager +‎ -ism.

dowagerism (uncountable)

1. The status of a dowager.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     mansions that have passed away into dowagerism

• “dowagerism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.