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Spanish
Etymology
From culto (“learned; educated”) + -ismo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kulˈtismo/
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: cul‧tis‧mo
Noun
cultismo m (plural cultismos)
- inkhorn term (obscure or affected word)
2015 July 30, “La deconstrucción de un cobarde”, in El País:
- (linguistics) learned borrowing
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