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somalism

somalism is the alternative letter-case form of Somalism.

Noun capitalized: Somalism

Somalism (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) A movement centered on unifying all ethnic Somalis across the Horn of Africa; Somali nationalism.
    • I know I can sleep better than these honest Somalis, because I discern that Somalism today means cover up, betrayal arrogance and maintaining or bringing back the nightmare of yester year.1996 October 22, Mohamed Omer, “The reasons why I support Somaliland .... (fwd)”, in soc.culture.somalia (Usenet)
    • We do not agree with you here. The cause of the Somali woes is not secularism. In fact, Somalism is secularism. The mythical clan belief is the only culprit of the misery in Somalia.1998 November 1, Abdiwali M Ahmed, “Would it be a sin...”, in soc.culture.somalia (Usenet)

Forms of somalism

alternative formsomalism

Words formed from somalism

Questions about somalism

What does somalism mean?
Somalism means a movement centered on unifying all ethnic Somalis across the Horn of Africa; Somali nationalism.
What is somalism the alternative letter-case form of?
Somalism is the alternative letter-case form of Somalism.
What part of speech is somalism?
Somalism is a noun.

Words near somalism in the dictionary

  1. somalin
  2. somaline
  3. Somaliness
  4. Somaliphobia
  5. Somalis
  6. somalism
  7. Somalist
  8. Somalists
  9. Somalization
  10. Somalize
  11. Somalized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: somalism (page history and authors); Somalism (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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