southernism
southernism · southernisms
Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern…Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.
Origin
From southern + -ism.From southern + -ism.
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Forms
plural: southernisms| Singular | southernism |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsouthernist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable