southernism
[ suhth -er-niz-uh m ]
/ ˈsʌð ərˌnɪz əm /
noun
a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
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Words nearby southernism
southern triangle, southern uplands, southern yemen, southern-fried, southerner, southernism, southernly, southernmost, southernwood, southey, southfield
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Example sentences from the Web for southernism
Somehow her crisp, cleancut speech (Joan had quite abandoned Southernism) made his own seem hideous, drawling, uncouth.
Why Joan?|Eleanor Mercein Kelly