Hungarianism

Noun

Hungarianism (countable and uncountable, plural Hungarianisms)

1. (countable, rhetoric) A word or idiom of the Hungarian language (that has been borrowed by another language).
   • The lexical Hungarianisms of most of the Slavonic languages have been surveyed, and there is a number of articles and essays on the topic.1998, Jerzy Rusek, Janusz Siatkowski, Zbigniew Rusek, Streszczenia referatów i komunikatów: XII Międzynarodowy Kongres Slawistów, Kraków 27 VIII-2 IX 1998. Językoznawstwo, →ISBN
   • After she had read my drafts, I received the final script with my Hungarianisms turned into clear English, my grammatical mistakes corrected and my typos eliminated.2007, Joel T. Klein, Body-Soul-Spirit, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   Magyarism

2. A custom or typical practice (e.g. in music) of the Hungarian people.
   • Although chiefly inspired by Brahms, Dohnányi did employ the Hungarianisms that characterised the works of Liszt, which can be seen in a work like the Second String Quartet.2005, Kenneth Hamilton, The Cambridge Companion to Liszt, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
3. (uncountable) Synonym of Hungarism, a Hungarian fascist movement.
   • This was reflected in their ideology of Hungarianism, representing a mix of anti-Semitism, intense nationalism with an anti-capitalist, anti-Communist, and popular protest appeal, and the final goal was a racially pure Hungary.2010, Vít Hloušek, Lubomír Kopecek, Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties: East-Central and Western Europe Compared, →ISBN, page 190

   Synonyms:

   Hungarism