Englishism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An expression or characteristic peculiar to the English language.

    "And this is the moment , when Englishism pure and simple , which with all its fine qualities managed always to make itself singularly unattractive , is losing that imperturbable faith in its untransformed self"

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anglicismanglicism

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"And this is the moment , when Englishism pure and simple , which with all its fine qualities managed always to make itself singularly unattractive , is losing that imperturbable faith in its untransformed self"

Etymology

From English + -ism.

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