martinetism

Etymology

From martinet + -ism.

martinetism means The principles or practices of a martinet; strict following to discipline, order etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

MARTINETISM — [Noun] The principles or practices of a martinet; a strict, often petty or inflexible adherence to discipline and order. From martinet (a strict disciplinarian, from the name of 17th-century French drillmaster General Jean Martinet) + the suffix -ism (denoting a system, principle, or practice). Unlike discipline, a broad, neutral architecture of training, or formalism, a preoccupation with external codes, martinetism is the enforcement of order as a vindictive end in itself. It is the parade-ground shout over a misaligned button; the white glove inspecting for invisible dust; the silent, seething fury at a teaspoon left unwashed—a small theology of control that mistakes the scaffolding for the building and finds the building wanting.

noun

The principles or practices of a martinet; strict following to discipline, order etc.“Ensign de Haldimar promised to make an excellent soldier; and, as such, was encouraged by the field-officers of the corps, who unhesitatingly pronounced him a lad of discernment and talent, who would one day rival them in all the glorious privileges of martinetism. It was even remarked, as an evidence of his worth, that, when promoted to a lieutenancy, he looked down upon the ensigns with that bec”