"Sinicism" meaning in English

See Sinicism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪnɪsɪzəm/ Forms: Sinicisms [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English Sinic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sinicism From Sinic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Sinic|-ism|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Sinic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Sinicism [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-id-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-idyéti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íďďō", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ῐ́ζω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "abstract noun", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ισμός", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ism", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Sinicism", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Sinicism"> From Sinic + -ism. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Sinicism (plural Sinicisms)
  1. Chinese culture or custom
    Sense id: en-Sinicism-en-noun-RaCdS3rb Categories (other): China Disambiguation of China: 48 52
  2. (rhetoric) A Chinese word or phrase that has entered another language Tags: rhetoric
    Sense id: en-Sinicism-en-noun-aFlqYtbQ Categories (other): Rhetoric, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, China Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 95 Disambiguation of China: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wasei kango, Japanese Sinicisms

Inflected forms

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