Dictionary

dialecticism en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From dialectic + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The quality of being dialectic.
   • Dialecticism is expressed by the Catholic formula: Union not separation of natures, the unity of person against Nestorius; distinction not confusion of natures against Eutychius and the Monothelites. 1861 July 14, “Gioberti's Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review, volume 3, page 305:
   • We argue there are two major ways in which dialecticism influences emotional complexity in East Asian cultures. 2011, Richard Sorrentino, Handbook of Motivation and Cognition Across Cultures, page 520:

Forms

dialecticism en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From dialect + -icism.

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) A dialectal word or phrase (especially if borrowed into another dialect or into 'standard' language).
   • Numerous dialecticisms introduced into the poem reflect the phonetic, morphological, and syntactic differences between dialect and standard language. 1982, Nina Kolesnikoff, Bruno Jasieński: His Evolution from Futurism to Socialist Realism, page 69:
   • extent of replicating faithfully such features as archaisms, dialecticisms, different language registers and levels of formality. Most translations, of course, are amalgams of these different translational types, ... 2013, M. B. Behbudi, Colin Turner, The Quran: A New Interpretation: In English with Arabic Text, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • A few dialecticisms used by both the author and the characters were replaced by the 1962 editors of Collected Works in the stories that were not included in the 1956 editions. On balance, the early stories have retained proportionately more original dialecticisms [...]. In my very conservative estimate, well over two hundred corrections affecting dialectal words were made. 2017, Herman Ermolaev, Mikhail Sholokhov and His Art, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 147:

Forms

Synonyms

dialectism

Translations (7)

sk dialektizmus (dialectal word) · cs dialektismus (dialectal word) · pl gwaryzm (dialectal word) · zh 方言詞 /方言词 (dialectal word) · pl dialektyzm (dialectal word) · sq dialektizëm (dialectal word) · de Dialektismus (dialectal word)