Linguism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Linguism is a noun meaning Discrimination based on a person's language.
Meaning
Discrimination based on a person's language.
More Meanings
- Competition among or unequal treatment of languages and their speaker communities.
- Conversance with, or predilection for, (foreign) languages
- Advocacy of languages on a regional basis
Example Sentences
1971 David D. Anderson, "Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi: The genesis of a Pakistani novel," MAHFIL: A.Quarterly of South Asian Literature, Spring-Summer 1971. This time, however, the controversy […] dealt with linguism, the problem of, the multiplicity of competing languages in the subcontinent as well as the cultural and political, overtones of the continuing competition among them.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include metrolingualism, linguaculture, antilanguage, demolinguistics, vernacular, triglossia.
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