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Canadianism

Canadianism noun: allegiance or loyalty to Canada.

Noun

Canadianism (countable and uncountable, plural Canadianisms)

  1. Allegiance or loyalty to Canada.
  2. The status or character of being Canadian.
  3. (rhetoric) A word or phrase that originated in Canada, or has special meaning in Canada.

Forms of Canadianism

pluralCanadianisms

Origin of Canadianism

From Canadian + -ism.

Words formed from Canadianism

  • hyphenated Canadianism
  • unhyphenated Canadianism

Questions about Canadianism

What does Canadianism mean?
Canadianism means allegiance or loyalty to Canada.
What part of speech is Canadianism?
Canadianism is a noun.
What is the plural of Canadianism?
The plural of Canadianism is Canadianisms.

Words near Canadianism in the dictionary

  1. Canadiana
  2. Canadianese
  3. Canadianess
  4. Canadianise
  5. Canadianising
  6. Canadianism
  7. Canadianisms
  8. Canadianist
  9. Canadianists
  10. Canadianization
  11. Canadianizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Canadianism (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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