What's the difference between bluestocking and bluestockingism?
Bluestocking
Definition:
(n.) A literary lady; a female pedant.
(n.) The American avocet (Recurvirostra Americana).
Example Sentences:
(1) Her role The bluestocking who missed the story, or the sober Newsnight science editor who carefully chose not to report what she dismissed as a "gossipy aside" - both views held of Susan Watts, the second BBC journalist thrust into the limelight at the Hutton inquiry.
Bluestockingism
Definition:
(n.) The character or manner of a bluestocking; female pedantry.