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bohemianism Definition


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bohemian
noun
    1. Someone, especially a writer or an artist, who lives in a way which ignores standard customs and rules of social behaviour.
      Thesaurus: beatnik, hippie, nonconformist, iconoclast; Antonym: bourgeois.
    2. A person from Bohemia, formerly a kingdom, later a part of the Czech Republic.
      Form: Bohemian
adj
    1. Ignoring standard customs and rules of social behaviour.
      Thesaurus: unconventional, unorthodox, eccentric, irregular, offbeat, nonconformist, exotic, artistic, outré.
    2. From or belonging or relating to Bohemia.
      Form: Bohemian
Derivative: bohemianism
noun
    Etymology: 19c; 16c in sense 2: from French bohémien a Bohemian or gypsy (from the belief that the gypsies came from Bohemia).



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