Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balkanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: balka-nism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature originating or being geographically confined to the region of Balkans.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Balkanism.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In this paper I shall address the expression of evidentiality in the Balkan languages as a case study of a contact phenomenon, specifically a Balkanism, that must take both areal and typological factors into account."
"Balkanism attributes an essential character to the Balkan Peninsula that is the logical correlate of Balkanisation."

Etymology

From Balkan + -ism. The political meaning was coined by Maria Todorova in 1997 in her work Imagining the Balkans.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Balkanisms (plural)

Questions

What does balkanism mean?: A word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature originating or being geographically confined to the region of Balkans.
Where does balkanism come from?: From Balkan + -ism. The political meaning was coined by Maria Todorova in 1997 in her work Imagining the Balkans.

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