"southernism" meaning in All languages combined

See southernism on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: southernisms [plural]
Etymology: southern + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|southern|ism}} southern + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} southernism (countable and uncountable, plural southernisms)
  1. Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-southernism-en-noun-gRmf91ik
  2. A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-southernism-en-noun-OtuEHDB- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: southernist Coordinate_terms: dialectism (alt: dialectisms), Americanism (alt: Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (english: anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, New Zealandism

Inflected forms

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