# Fletcherism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A dietary system prescribing the repeated chewing of food until all taste is lost, and in abstention from food until very hungry.

## Etymology
From Fletcher + -ism, after Horace Fletcher (1849–1919), American health-food enthusiast of the Victorian era.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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