noun
- Plural of bogyism; false or exaggerated beliefs, fears, or superstitions; unfounded worries or bugbears.
Usage: informal; often used in plural form; related to 'bogy' or 'bogey' (a phantom or source of fear)
Examples
- The old bogyisms about walking under ladders still persist in some communities.
- Parents often dismiss children's bogyisms as harmless imaginative play.
- Modern science has debunked many of the bogyisms that once terrified people.
- He spent years overcoming the bogyisms instilled in him during childhood.
- The article examined various cultural bogyisms and their historical origins.