"linguism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Back-formation from linguist + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|linguist}} Back-formation from linguist, {{suf|en||-ism}} + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} linguism (uncountable)
  1. Discrimination based on a person's language. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-linguism-en-noun-a1YYG7Ju Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Forms of discrimination Disambiguation of English back-formations: 36 25 25 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 17 18 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 50 19 17 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 25 26 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 18 21 4 Disambiguation of Forms of discrimination: 92 2 3 3
  2. Competition among or unequal treatment of languages and their speaker communities. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-linguism-en-noun-7Xifc3Q1
  3. Conversance with, or predilection for, (foreign) languages Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-linguism-en-noun-j-zFs3rR
  4. Advocacy of languages on a regional basis Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-linguism-en-noun-nJsRRUMu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: linguicism, linguisticism
Categories (other): Sociolinguistics Disambiguation of Sociolinguistics: 0 0 0 0
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          "_dis": "54 17 18 11",
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          "text": "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.\nThis 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."
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