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Indianism.

A word or phrase peculiar to a language spoken in India, such as Indian English.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɪn.di.ə.nɪz(ə̯)m̩/
  1. A word or phrase peculiar to a language spoken in India, such as Indian English.

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
  2. The idealized portrayal of indigenous people as national heroes.

    South-America · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Old French Inde Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Anglo-Norman indienbor. Middle English Indien English Indian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Indianism From Indian + -ism. First attested in 1651.

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