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Belgicism

Belgicism noun: the political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism.

Noun

Belgicism (countable and uncountable, plural Belgicisms)

  1. The political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism.
  2. A Dutch word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the Dutch spoken in the Netherlands.
  3. A French word or phrase of Belgian origin, typically never or rarely present in the French spoken in France.

Forms of Belgicism

pluralBelgicisms

Origin of Belgicism

Semi-learned borrowing from French belgicisme. By surface analysis, Belgica + -ism. Named after Belgium.

Questions about Belgicism

What does Belgicism mean?
Belgicism means the political ideology which supports the political and economic union of Belgium; Belgian nationalism.
What part of speech is Belgicism?
Belgicism is a noun.
What is the plural of Belgicism?
The plural of Belgicism is Belgicisms.

Words near Belgicism in the dictionary

  1. Belgian waffle
  2. Belgian waffles
  3. Belgianness
  4. Belgians
  5. Belgic
  6. Belgicism
  7. Belgicisms
  8. Belgie
  9. Belgies
  10. Belgistan
  11. Belgium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Belgicism (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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