Italianism

[ ih-tal-yuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.
2. Italian quality or spirit.

Italianism

/ ɪˈtæljəˌnɪzəm; ɪˈtælɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. an Italian custom or style
2. Italian quality or life, or the cult of either

Other Words From

• an·ti-I·tal·ian·ism noun
• pro-I·tal·ian·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Italianism¹

First recorded in 1585–95; Italian + -ism

Example Sentences

All that was essentially Spanish was for the time forgotten, submerged in an imported Italianism.

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We see in this the first blow struck at the triumphant Italianism.

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He was not suited to strive with Bononcini on the ground of Italianism.

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But it was its pure Italianism that prevented it from winning immediate success in Paris.

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Here, therefore, is to be found an even deeper fear of Italianism, and here still sterner methods are employed to stamp it out.

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