Meanings
- uncountableThe culture and practices of the Scottish Highlands.
By 1881, the association between militarism and Highlandism was so strong that the War Office ordered all Lowland regiments to wear tartan 'trews' and Highland-style doublets.
1999, Anne Buttimer, L. Wallin, Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective, page 2761 more example
Through the romance of Highlandism, all Scots became defeated Jacobites and Highlanders. It is this image of Scottish identity that Americans of Lowland Scots, Scots-Irish, and Highland Scots ancestry alike have “reclaimed” […]
2003, Celeste Ray, Southern Heritage on Display, page 259
Origin
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Highlandism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Highlandism
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