Yankeeism

[ yang-kee-iz-uhm ]

noun

Yankee character or characteristics.
a Yankee peculiarity, as of speech.

Origin of Yankeeism

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; Yankee + -ism

Words Nearby Yankeeism

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How to use Yankeeism in a sentence

This young woman is the most extraordinary specimen of artless Yankeeism that I ever encountered; she is really too horrible.
A Bundle of Letters | Henry James
I know you will say, therein lies the cause of my sudden conversion to Yankeeism.
The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) | William Alexander Caruthers
In Winslow Homer we have Yankeeism of the first order, turned to a creditable artistic account.
Adventures in the Arts | Marsden Hartley
There goes another Yankeeism, just because it puts the thing better than any words in our own language.
Stories of the Ships | Lewis R. Freeman
They used to be rare, (to use a Yankeeism omitted by Bartlett,) but nowadays they are overdone.
Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, No. 38, December, 1860 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Yankeeism

Yankeeism

/ (ˈjæŋkɪɪzəm) /

noun

Yankee character, behaviour, or attitudes
a typical Yankee word, expression, or trait

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