Indianism

English

Etymology

From Indian +‎ -ism.

Noun

Indianism (countable and uncountable, plural Indianisms)

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

   Hyponym: babuism

   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 305:

     What this means is that academic interest in Indian English lexis has been largely confined to "Indianisms".

2. (South America) The idealized portrayal of indigenous people as national heroes.

Coordinate terms

• (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

Translations

idealized portrayal

• Portuguese: indianismo (pt) m