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Australianisms

Australianisms is the plural of Australianism.

Meaning of Australianism

Noun

Australianism (plural Australianisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A word or phrase only used in Australia, or having a special meaning there.
    • For example, the expression no worries is viewed as an Australianism even though it is now widespread throughout other parts of the English-speaking world.2016, James Lambert, “Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 30, number 1, pages 39–62

Questions about Australianisms

What is Australianisms the plural of?
Australianisms is the plural of Australianism.

Words near Australianisms in the dictionary

  1. Australianise
  2. Australianised
  3. Australianises
  4. Australianising
  5. Australianism
  6. Australianisms
  7. Australianist
  8. Australianists
  9. Australianization
  10. Australianize
  11. Australianized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Australianisms (page history and authors); Australianism (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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