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unilingualism

unilingualism noun: the condition of being able to speak only a single language.

Noun

unilingualism (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being able to speak only a single language.

Synonyms of unilingualism

Origin of unilingualism

From unilingual + -ism.

Questions about unilingualism

What does unilingualism mean?
Unilingualism means the condition of being able to speak only a single language.
What part of speech is unilingualism?
Unilingualism is a noun.

Words near unilingualism in the dictionary

  1. unilinear evolution
  2. unilinearity
  3. unilinearly
  4. Unilingua
  5. unilingual
  6. unilingualism
  7. unilingualist
  8. unilingualists
  9. unilingually
  10. unilinguals
  11. unilinguist

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