Anglicism

American  

[ang-gluh-siz-uhm] / ˈæŋ gləˌsɪz əm /

noun

(sometimes lowercase)

1. a Briticism.

2. the state of being English; characteristic English quality.

3. a word, idiom, or characteristic feature of the English language occurring in or borrowed by another language.

4. any custom, manner, idea, etc., characteristic of the English people.

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Anglicism British  

/ ˈæŋɡlɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. a word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to the English language, esp as spoken in England

2. an English attitude, custom, etc

3. the fact or quality of being English

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Etymology

Origin of Anglicism

1635–45; < Medieval Latin Anglic ( us ) English + -ism

Example Sentences

Mr. Rampelli denounced that word as an Anglicism, though his use of the Italian “dispensatore” becomes “dispenser” in Google’s autotranslate function.

From Washington Times • Apr. 3, 2023

At Princeton, Reporter Griffin found that the dangerous "ism" was Anglicism.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "don" in don rag comes from the Oxbridge term for tutor, and the "rag" is an Anglicism, meaning to scold.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the decisive vote came in April, Madison attributed his defeat to “the exertions and influence of Aristocracy, Anglicism, and mercantilism” led by “the Banks, the British Merchts., the insurance Comps.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

An Anglicism much ridiculed in America is "different to."

From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William