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dialectalism

dialectalism is the alternative form of dialecticism.

Meaning of dialecticism

Noun (1)

dialecticism (countable and uncountable, plural dialecticisms)

  1. (rhetoric) The quality of being dialectic.
    • Dialecticism is expressed by the Catholic formula: Union not separation of natures, the unity of person against Nestorius; distinction not confusion of natures against Eutychius and the Monothelites.1861 July, “Gioberti's Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review, volume 3, page 305

Noun (2)

dialecticism (plural dialecticisms)

  1. (rhetoric) A dialectal word or phrase (especially if borrowed into another dialect or into 'standard' language).
    • Numerous dialecticisms introduced into the poem reflect the phonetic, morphological, and syntactic differences between dialect and standard language.1982, Nina Kolesnikoff, Bruno Jasieński: His Evolution from Futurism to Socialist Realism, page 69
    Synonyms:
    dialectism

Forms of dialectalism

pluraldialectalisms

Questions about dialectalism

What is dialectalism the alternative form of?
Dialectalism is the alternative form of dialecticism.

Words near dialectalism in the dictionary

  1. dialect continuums
  2. dialect island
  3. dialect islands
  4. dialect levelling
  5. dialectal
  6. dialectalism
  7. dialectalisms
  8. dialectality
  9. dialectally
  10. dialectic
  11. dialectical

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