mermaidism means the condition of being a mermaid. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 96 out of 100.
Etymology
From mermaid + -ism.
noun
- The condition of being a mermaid.“There is an understanding that differences of culture, faith, and traditions can create barriers to a successful relationship. And since Prince Eric cannot 'convert' to mermaidism, she converts.”
- A love of or obsession with mermaid lore and paraphernalia.“Really it was time to put an end to lunch picnics and mermaidism.”
- The belief in mermaids as real creatures.“The Miscellany of Natural History would have been a more appropriate title,—for what romance can be found in the absurdities of mermaidism or in the “self-immured,” to wit, “Mr. Bartlett's toad, Mr. Bree's toad, Mr. Smith's toad, Mr. Clark's toad," and the toads of other respectable gentlemen.”
- Synonym of sirenomelia.“There is either elephantiasis or dropsy of the left leg, and some disease or accident has resulted in a sort of mermaidism of the right.”
- The condition of being partly one thing and partly another; hybridism.“But, furthermore, the true Revival of pure Religion, is meeting at this day a still more fearful obstacle, in the system of go-betweenity or theological mermaidism, which has arisen out of the ashes of old defunct infidelity, and is boasting its able champions.”