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Englishism

[ing-gli-shiz-uh m or, often, -li-]
noun
  1. a Briticism.
  2. attachment to what is English.
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Origin of Englishism

First recorded in 1850–55; English + -ism
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British Dictionary definitions for englishism

Englishism

noun mainly US
  1. an English custom, practice, etc
  2. a word or expression not found in forms of English other than British English; Anglicism
  3. high regard for English customs, institutions, etc
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