Castilianism

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English

Etymology

Calque of Spanish castellanismo.

Noun

Castilianism (plural Castilianisms)

  1. Hispanicism; the use of a characteristic trait of Castilian Spanish in another language.
    • 2009, Pompeu Fabra, translated by Alan Yates, The Architect of Modern Catalan, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 125:
      Sometimes, attempting to avoid a Castilianism, we commit an even worse one. At other times we flee from an imaginary Castilianism only to fall into a real one.

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