# owlism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Affected or pretentious wisdom; pompous dullness; bombast.
2. Owlishness; pompous pseudo-intellectual nature or behavior.
3. The identification with and/or worship of owls.
4. Night-owlism.

## Etymology
From owl + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/owlism