Castilianism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Hispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language.

    "Sometimes, attempting to avoid a Castilianism, we commit an even worse one. At other times we flee from an imaginary Castilianism only to fall into a real one."

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hispanicismhispanism

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"Sometimes, attempting to avoid a Castilianism, we commit an even worse one. At other times we flee from an imaginary Castilianism only to fall into a real one."

Etymology

Calque of Spanish castellanismo.

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