Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tantalism \Tan"ta*lism\, n. [See {Tantalize}.]
   A punishment like that of Tantalus; a teasing or tormenting
   by the hope or near approach of good which is not attainable;
   tantalization. --Addison.

         Is not such a provision like tantalism to this people?
                                                  --Josiah
                                                  Quincy.