noun
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an Italian custom or style
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Italian quality or life, or the cult of either
Other Word Forms
- anti-Italianism noun
- pro-Italianism noun
Etymology
Origin of Italianism
Example Sentences
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In recent years the Italian poet has abandoned his native land, living in Paris, writing his last work in French, having apparently exiled himself for the rest of his life and renounced his former Italianism.
From The World Decision by Herrick, Robert
At any rate the poem contains the whole apparatus of nymphs and satyrs transplanted to Italian landscape and living a life of commingled Hellenism and Italianism.
From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)
Ah! the musty base Italianism and neo-Meyerbeerism, the filthy masses of sentiment which are borne on by the torrent!…
From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert
Lord O'Toole would by no means admit of this Italianism: he would make no distinctions: he deemed philosophers altogether a race of beings dangerous and inimical to states.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Edgeworth, Maria
The overture, with its hollow ring of gaiety, strikes the note of Italianism which echoes throughout the opera.
From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.
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