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languagism

languagism noun: linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.

Noun

languagism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
    • The reactionary elements in the country have had their days in poisoning the minds of most of the city people. It is in the shape of communalism, communism and languagism.1954, G. K. Puranik, Rural India - Volume 17, page 291
    • The question may be raised whether we will win the battle against racism, sexism, and agism only to lose the fight against languagism.1982, Z. Anthony Kruszewski, Richard L. Hough, Jacob Ornstein-Galicia, Politics and Society in the Southwest: Ethnicity and Chicano Pluralism, page 38

Origin of languagism

From language + -ism.

Questions about languagism

What does languagism mean?
Languagism means linguicism; discrimination or chauvinism based on features of language such as accent, syntax, or vocabulary.
What part of speech is languagism?
Languagism is a noun.

Words near languagism in the dictionary

  1. languages
  2. languagescape
  3. languagescapes
  4. languagey
  5. languaging
  6. languagism
  7. languagist
  8. languagists
  9. Langub
  10. langue
  11. langue d'oïl

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