Australianism

/ ɒˈstreɪlɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the Australian national character or spirit

2. loyalty to Australia, its political independence, culture, etc

3. a linguistic usage, custom, or other feature peculiar to or characteristic of Australia, its people, or their culture

Example Sentences

He speaks of “university,” not “college,” and expresses his full agreement with something another person says with the ubiquitous Australianism “a hundred percent.”

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People who automatically answer a “thank you” with a “no worries”—an Australianism currently running rampant in parts of the globe traditionally less uncivilized than the Antipodes—are to be looked at askance.

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TV’s influence can replace Australianism with Australianism though: “ranga” has replaced the previous, ironic term for a redhead: blue/bluey.

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According to a national survey, "Macca's" is the second most recognized Australianism, just behind "footy" for Australian rules football.

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A blunder made in Great Britain is to be stigmatized as a Briticism, and it is to be avoided by those who take thought of their speech just as though the impropriety were a Scotticism or a Hibernicism, an Americanism or an Australianism.

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