"Indianism" meaning in All languages combined

See Indianism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Indianisms [plural]
Etymology: From Indian + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Indian|ism}} Indian + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Indianism (countable and uncountable, plural Indianisms)
  1. A word or phrase peculiar to a language spoken in India, such as Indian English. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms: babuism
    Sense id: en-Indianism-en-noun-6K2qQpeS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15
  2. (South America) The idealized portrayal of indigenous people as national heroes. Tags: South-America, countable, uncountable Translations (idealized portrayal): indianismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Indianism-en-noun-kqN3QKlp Categories (other): South American English Disambiguation of 'idealized portrayal': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: dialectism (alt: dialectisms), Americanism (alt: Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (english: anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

Inflected forms

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