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Occitanism

Occitanism noun: occitan regionalism; the belief that the Occitania region of France should be given autonomy or independence.

Noun

Occitanism (uncountable)

  1. Occitan regionalism; the belief that the Occitania region of France should be given autonomy or independence.
    • This article examines how these three scholars use the term "Occitan" and ideologies of Occitanism to characterize southern France, and how such ideologies reflect the intellectual traditions in which they write.1987 April, Vera Mark, “In Search of the Occitan Village: Regionalist Ideologies and the Ethnography of Southern France”, in Anthropological Quarterly, volume 60, number 2, Washington, D.C.: George...
  2. Occitan studies.

Origin of Occitanism

From Occitan + -ism.

Questions about Occitanism

What does Occitanism mean?
Occitanism means occitan regionalism; the belief that the Occitania region of France should be given autonomy or independence.
What part of speech is Occitanism?
Occitanism is a noun.

Words near Occitanism in the dictionary

  1. occisions
  2. Occitan
  3. Occitania
  4. Occitanic
  5. Occitanie
  6. Occitanism
  7. Occitanist
  8. Occitanists
  9. Occitanity
  10. Occitano-
  11. Occitans

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