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  • noun The lifestyle or attitudes of yuppies.

Etymologies

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yuppie +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • Yes, for here was one of the final strongholds of true yuppieism, a place where man was free to practice the religion of eighties greed, greed at all costs, without pretense of doing otherwise.

    Drop Shot Coben, Harlan, 1962- 1996

  • Yes, for here was one of the final strongholds of true yuppieism, a place where man was free to practice the religion of eighties greed, greed at all costs, without pretense of doing otherwise.

    Drop Shot Coben, Harlan, 1962- 1996

  • Materialistic yuppieism is just the surface of New Age hedonism.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories 2009

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