"Asianism" meaning in All languages combined

See Asianism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Asianisms [plural]
Etymology: Asian + -ism Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Asian|ism}} Asian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Asianism (countable and uncountable, plural Asianisms)
  1. (historical, uncountable) An Ancient Greek rhetorical tendency that arose in the third century BC, favouring emotion, bombast and wordplay over austere formality, and distinguished by the use of a prose rhythm. Tags: historical, uncountable Translations (Greek rhetorical tendency): asianesimo [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-Asianism-en-noun-sf6E3Xi~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'Greek rhetorical tendency': 95 5
  2. A behaviour or utterance that is characteristic of Asian people. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Asianism-en-noun-IgRcdZDi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pan-Asianism

Inflected forms

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