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Highlandism

Highlandism noun: the culture and practices of the Scottish Highlands.

Noun

Highlandism (uncountable)

  1. The culture and practices of the Scottish Highlands.
    • Through the romance of Highlandism, all Scots became defeated Jacobites and Highlanders. It is this image of Scottish identity that Americans of Lowland Scots, Scots-Irish, and Highland Scots ancestry alike have “reclaimed” […]2003, Celeste Ray, Southern Heritage on Display, page 259
    • By 1881, the association between militarism and Highlandism was so strong that the War Office ordered all Lowland regiments to wear tartan 'trews' and Highland-style doublets.1999, Anne Buttimer, L. Wallin, Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective, page 276

Origin of Highlandism

From Highland + -ism.

Questions about Highlandism

What does Highlandism mean?
Highlandism means the culture and practices of the Scottish Highlands.
What part of speech is Highlandism?
Highlandism is a noun.

Words near Highlandism in the dictionary

  1. Highland wildcat
  2. Highland wildcats
  3. highlander
  4. highlanders
  5. Highlandish
  6. Highlandism
  7. highlandman
  8. highlandmen
  9. Highlandry
  10. highlands
  11. Highlands and Islands

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