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Syrianism

Syrianism noun: syrian nationalism.

Noun

Syrianism (plural Syrianisms)

  1. Syrian nationalism.
    • Syrian sentiments before 1920 can be divided into three categories: secular Arab Syrianism, Muslim-Arab Syrianism and secular non-Arab Syrianism.2014, Asher Kaufman, Reviving Phoenicia: The Search for Identity in Lebanon, page 7
  2. (obsolete) A Syriacism (Syriac idiom or phrase).
    • In which this alſo is comprehended, to tranſlate very aptly into other Languages thoſe things that eiher the Prophets ſpake in Hebrew words, or the Apoſtles in Greek words, which ſavoured many times of a Hebraiſm or Syrianiſm, or to epitomize in a perſpicuous compend of words, thoſe things which...1692, Hugo Grotius, A Defence of the Catholick Faith, page 157

Forms of Syrianism

pluralSyrianisms

Origin of Syrianism

From Syrian + -ism.

Words formed from Syrianism

Questions about Syrianism

What does Syrianism mean?
Syrianism means syrian nationalism.
What part of speech is Syrianism?
Syrianism is a noun.
What is the plural of Syrianism?
The plural of Syrianism is Syrianisms.

Words near Syrianism in the dictionary

  1. Syrian rue
  2. Syrian rues
  3. Syrian soap
  4. Syrian soaps
  5. Syrianise
  6. Syrianism
  7. Syrianisms
  8. Syrianist
  9. Syrianists
  10. Syrianization
  11. Syrianize

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