Czechism

plural Czechisms

1. countablerhetoricA word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language).

   Examples include East Slavicisms in Polish Yiddish (and vice versa) and Czechisms in Polish and Eastern Yiddish dialects.

   1987, Paul Wexler, Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, page 168

   Synonyms: Bohemism

2. historicaluncountableusuallyCzech nationalism.

   They regarded Thun as the representative of "Czechism" who had placed all his cards on the convocation of a national parliament.

   1980, Josef V. Polišenský, Aristocrats and the Crowd in the Revolutionary Year 1848

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   There is unanimous feeling throughout Germany, that this Czechism ought to be put down, but it would be manifestly unjust, and consequently unwise, besides being a task beyond the power of Germany, under existing circumstances.

   1848, “On the Affairs of Europe”, in Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, page 355