Meanings
nounCatalanism (countable and uncountable, plural Catalanisms)
plural Catalanisms
- uncountablePatriotic feeling of being Catalan.
Catalanism is, above all, a Barcelona affair.
1930, Salvador de Madariaga, Spain, quoted in OED, page 304 - countablerhetoricA word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas.
Gallicisms (including Provençalisms and Catalanisms)[…]
1958, Archivum Linguisticum, quoted in OED
Origin
- Middle EnglishCatalane
- EnglishCatalan
- EnglishCatalanism
From Catalan + -ism. First attested in 1930.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan catalanisme, catalanada
- catalanismepatriotic feeling of being Catalan
- catalanadaCatalan word or phrase
- catalanismeCatalan word or phrase
Esperanto katalunismo, katalunismo
- katalunismopatriotic feeling of being Catalan
- katalunismoCatalan word or phrase
French catalanisme, catalanisme
- catalanismepatriotic feeling of being Catalan
- catalanismeCatalan word or phrase
Spanish catalanismo
- catalanismopatriotic feeling of being Catalan
Cite this entry
APA
Catalanism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Catalanism
MLA
“Catalanism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Catalanism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Catalanism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Catalanism.
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