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单词 anglo-saxonism
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Anglo-Saxonismn.

Brit. /ˌaŋɡləˈsaksn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡloʊˈsæksəˌnɪz(ə)m/
Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Anglo-Saxon adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Anglo-Saxon adj. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier Saxonism n., Anglicism n.
1.
a. A word, phrase, or idiom of Old English origin; (hence) an Anglicism.
ΚΠ
1826 Q. Rev. 34 281 Florilegus has retained and quoted a sufficient number of Anglo-Saxonisms, and of Anglo-Saxon phrases.
1861 Sussex Archaeol. Coll. 13 216 I have already quoted several Anglo-Saxonisms, and I will now mention one or two more.
1903 Spectator 28 Mar. 483/1 The men on the spot..if ‘rifle-worthy’, to use an Anglo-Saxonism, might be of the greatest possible service.
1969 Times 24 Oct. 10/7 Such familiar Anglo-Saxonisms as ‘le cash-flow’.
1987 Speculum 62 268 The rare word baldr..would represent one of the Anglo-Saxonisms of which Sigvatr is fond.
2006 C. Jones Strange Likeness 196 All Heaney's Anglo-Saxonisms..are implicated in one of Heaney's favourite tropes, that of poetry as archaeology.
b. Originally U.S. A word that is regarded as vulgar, considered (esp. humorously) to be of traditional Anglo-Saxon origin, with allusion to the idea of an earlier, uncomplicated era of language and culture; a swear word. Cf. Anglo-Saxon adj. 2b.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > profane language
swarec1200
shit-wordc1275
words of villainya1300
filtha1400
reveriec1425
bawdry1589
scurrility1589
bawdy1622
tongue-worm1645
borborology1647
Billingsgatry1673
double entendre1673
smut1698
blackguardism1756
slang1805
epithet1818
dirty word1842
French1845
language1855
bad languagec1863
bestiality1879
swear-word1883
damson-tart1887
comminative1888
double entente1895
curse-word1897
bang-words1906
soldier's farewell1909
strong languagea1910
dirty story1912
dirty joke1913
bullocky1916
shitticism1936
Anglo-Saxonism1944
sweary1994
1944 Brainerd (Minnesota) Daily Disp. 29 Aug. 4/4 Lads who never said ‘darn’ will interlard their talk with rugged Anglo-Saxonisms.
1978 Washington Post 6 Aug. k4/4 Frustrated print journalists, barred..from employing the One True Anglo-Saxonism applicable, all too eagerly regressed to such puerile euphemisms as ‘poop’ and ‘doo’.
2006 Observer (Nexis) 2 July 19 There was nothing scientific about the names Mac had for him. Just good-old Anglo-Saxonisms of quadruple letters.
2. Identification with, or belief in the superiority of, England (or Britain), the English-speaking peoples, their civilization, culture, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social attitudes > racial attitudes > [noun] > racism > race theory > belief in white supremacy
Anglo-Saxonism1844
manifest destiny1845
Saxonism1884
Nordicism1925
white chauvinism1928
white racism1943
1844 Q. Rev. Oct. 287 His Anglo-Saxonism constantly tempts him to pass an unfair judgment upon individual characters amongst the conquerors.
1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxli. 121 The zeal for Anglo-Saxonism, will be found to be little but rogue calling upon rogue.
1867 W. Bagehot Physics & Polit. (1876) 36 In America and in Australia a new modification of what we call Anglo-Saxonism is growing.
1925 Philos. Rev. 34 499 Anglo-Saxonism and Teutonism in America, and American Nordicism.
1970 San Antonio (Texas) Light 1 Jan. 76/3 A kind of Mexican ‘uber alles’ spirit pervades the movement and it rejects Americanism as Anglo-Saxonism.
2000 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 16 Jan. (Seven Days section) 4/4 The term ‘island race’ to describe the British is a hangover from the days of Anglo-Saxonism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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