Hyphenism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The use of hyphenated terms to describe people's identities, e.g. in Irish-American. countable, uncountable

    "What may be called, for want of a better term, the colonial spirit, which is the essence of hyphenism, has persisted in this country to hamper national progress and national unity."

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"What may be called, for want of a better term, the colonial spirit, which is the essence of hyphenism, has persisted in this country to hamper national progress and national unity."

Etymology

From hyphen + -ism.

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