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New Zealandism

New Zealandism noun: the status or character of belonging to New Zealand.

Noun

New Zealandism (countable and uncountable, plural New Zealandisms)

  1. The status or character of belonging to New Zealand.
  2. (rhetoric) A word or phrase of New Zealand; one originating there, or only used there, or having special meaning there.

Forms of New Zealandism

pluralNew Zealandisms

Origin of New Zealandism

From New Zealand + -ism.

Questions about New Zealandism

What does New Zealandism mean?
New Zealandism means the status or character of belonging to New Zealand.
What part of speech is New Zealandism?
New Zealandism is a noun.
What is the plural of New Zealandism?
The plural of New Zealandism is New Zealandisms.

Words near New Zealandism in the dictionary

  1. New Zealander
  2. New Zealanders
  3. New Zealandese
  4. New Zealandic
  5. New Zealandish
  6. New Zealandism
  7. New Zealandisms
  8. New Zealandize
  9. New Zealandress
  10. New Zealandresses
  11. New Zealands

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Adapted from Wiktionary: New Zealandism (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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