Yankeeism

[ yang-kee-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. Yankee character or characteristics.
2. a Yankee peculiarity, as of speech.

Yankeeism

/ ˈjæŋkɪɪzəm /

noun

1. Yankee character, behaviour, or attitudes
2. a typical Yankee word, expression, or trait

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yankeeism¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; Yankee + -ism

Example Sentences

This young woman is the most extraordinary specimen of artless Yankeeism that I ever encountered; she is really too horrible.

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I know you will say, therein lies the cause of my sudden conversion to Yankeeism.

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In Winslow Homer we have yankeeism of the first order, turned to a creditable artistic account.

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There goes another Yankeeism, just because it puts the thing better than any words in our own language.

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They used to be rare, (to use a Yankeeism omitted by Bartlett,) but nowadays they are overdone.

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