Usually means: Pedantic or pretentiously learned behavior.
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  1. donnishness: Merriam-Webster
  2. donnishness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. donnishness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. donnishness: Wiktionary
  5. donnishness: Dictionary.com
  6. donnishness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The quality of being donnish.

Similar:
dotishness, dandiness, Dutchness, dankishness, duncishness, dotiness, dorkishness, dronishness, doughtiness, Danishness, more...

Opposite:
unpretentiousness, informality, relaxedness

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Similar:
dotishness, dandiness, Dutchness, dankishness, duncishness, dotiness, dorkishness, dronishness, doughtiness, Danishness, more...

Opposite:
unpretentiousness, informality, relaxedness



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