Hispanicism
/hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.
- 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 […]"
Example
More examples"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.