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Italianism
/ ɪˈtælɪˌsɪzəm; ɪˈtæljəˌnɪzəm /
noun
- an Italian custom or style
- Italian quality or life, or the cult of either
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Other Words From
- an·ti-I·tal·ian·ism noun
- pro-I·tal·ian·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Italianism1
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Example Sentences
All that was essentially Spanish was for the time forgotten, submerged in an imported Italianism.
We see in this the first blow struck at the triumphant Italianism.
He was not suited to strive with Bononcini on the ground of Italianism.
But it was its pure Italianism that prevented it from winning immediate success in Paris.
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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