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Africanisms

Africanisms is the plural of Africanism.

Meaning of Africanism

Noun

Africanism (countable and uncountable, plural Africanisms)

  1. Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
  2. A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
    • Goober is from African Kimbundu nguba, a type of peanut, and is a genuine Africanism.1983, Maledicta, volume 7, page 27
  3. Afrocentrism.

Questions about Africanisms

What is Africanisms the plural of?
Africanisms is the plural of Africanism.

Words near Africanisms in the dictionary

  1. Africanised
  2. Africanises
  3. Africanish
  4. Africanising
  5. Africanism
  6. Africanisms
  7. Africanist
  8. Africanist dance
  9. Africanist dances
  10. Africanistic
  11. Africanists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Africanisms (page history and authors); Africanism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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