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Castilianism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kæˈstɪl.jənɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Castilian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism Spanish castellanismocalq. English Castilianism From Castilian + -ism. Calque of Spanish castellanismo.

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) Hispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language.
   • Sometimes, attempting to avoid a Castilianism, we commit an even worse one. At other times we flee from an imaginary Castilianism only to fall into a real one. 2009, Pompeu Fabra, translated by Alan Yates, The Architect of Modern Catalan, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 125:

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