hispanicism
/hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hispanidad is a Hispanicism for 'hispanism', especially regarding political objectives."
- "More recently there has burst forth an enthusiastic Hispanicism, no longer the Hispanicism of Columbus Day with its odes to the great navigator, nor the Hispanicism of the bull fighters and the cabaret singers, but a historical Hispanicism […]"
- "One French writer argued that Hispanicism was a proper response to U.S. expansionism, provided Spain could assure its sister Latin states in Europe (France and Italy) that their interests were not endangered."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Hispanic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hispanicism From Hispanic + -ism.