Hispanicism

//hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.
  2. 2
    Support for hegemony of Spain.

    "More recently there has burst forth an enthusiastic Hispanicism, no longer the Hispanicism of Columbus Day with its odes to the great navigator, nor the Hispanicism of the bull fighters and the cabaret singers, but a historical Hispanicism […]"

Synonyms

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castilianismhispanism

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"More recently there has burst forth an enthusiastic Hispanicism, no longer the Hispanicism of Columbus Day with its odes to the great navigator, nor the Hispanicism of the bull fighters and the cabaret singers, but a historical Hispanicism […]"

Etymology

From Hispanic + -ism.

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