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linguism|ˈlɪŋgwɪz(ə)m|
[f. L. lingua tongue + -ism.]
1. nonce-wd. Conversance with, or predilection for, (foreign) languages.
1819Moore Mem. 4 Mar. (1853) II. 274 The faults of Mr. Fox's writing may perhaps be traced to his linguism, and some of the purest writers of English have been those that knew but little of other languages.
2. Advocacy of languages on a regional basis.
1967Economist 18 Feb. 596/1 A good deal of the criticism heard..of Indian politics—for instance of ‘linguism’, ‘casteism’, and so on—is a roundabout way of wishing that human beings were different from what they are. |