Linguism
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Discrimination based on a person's language. uncountable
- 2 Competition among or unequal treatment of languages and their speaker communities. uncountable
"1971 David D. Anderson, "Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi: The genesis of a Pakistani novel," MAHFIL: A.Quarterly of South Asian Literature, Spring-Summer 1971. This time, however, the controversy […] dealt with linguism, the problem of, the multiplicity of competing languages in the subcontinent as well as the cultural and political, overtones of the continuing competition among them."
- 3 Conversance with, or predilection for, (foreign) languages uncountable
- 4 Advocacy of languages on a regional basis uncountable
Example
More examples"1971 David D. Anderson, "Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi: The genesis of a Pakistani novel," MAHFIL: A.Quarterly of South Asian Literature, Spring-Summer 1971. This time, however, the controversy […] dealt with linguism, the problem of, the multiplicity of competing languages in the subcontinent as well as the cultural and political, overtones of the continuing competition among them."
Etymology
Back-formation from linguist + -ism.
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