Balkanism en · NOUN
Etymology
From Balkan + -ism. The political meaning was coined by Maria Todorova in 1997 in her work Imagining the Balkans.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature originating or being geographically confined to the region of Balkans.
In this paper I shall address the expression of evidentiality in the Balkan languages as a case study of a contact phenomenon, specifically a Balkanism, that must take both areal and typological factors into account.
2004, Victor Friedman, “The typology of Balkan evidentiality and areal linguistics”, in Balkan Syntax and Semantics, page 102:
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(countable, uncountable) Discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans.
Balkanism attributes an essential character to the Balkan Peninsula that is the logical correlate of Balkanisation.
2008, Martin Coward, Urbicide: The Politics of Urban Destruction, page 30:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| balkanism | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Balkanisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
ru балкани́зм (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · ka ბალკანიზმი (discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans) · ro balcanism (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · sh балканѝзам (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · mk балкани́зам (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · sl balkanizem (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · sh balkanìzam (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · ka ბალკანიზმი (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature) · ro balcanism (discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans) · bg балкани́зъм (word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature)