Hispanicism

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/hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/

noun

A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.

“Hispanidad is a Hispanicism for 'hispanism', especially regarding political objectives.”

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounHispanicism (plural Hispanicisms)

plural Hispanicisms

  1. human sciencesA Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.

    Hispanidad is a Hispanicism for 'hispanism', especially regarding political objectives.

    Synonyms: Hispanism, Castilianism

  2. governmentSupport for hegemony of Spain.

    One French writer argued that Hispanicism was a proper response to U.S. expansionism, provided Spain could assure its sister Latin states in Europe (France and Italy) that their interests were not endangered.

    1994, James W. Cortada, Spain in the Nineteenth-century World, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 126
    1 more example

    More recently there has burst forth an enthusiastic Hispanicism, no longer the Hispanicism of Columbus Day with its odes to the great navigator, nor the Hispanicism of the bull fighters and the cabaret singers, but a historical Hispanicism […]

    1959, Lewis Hanke, Modern Latin America: Continent in Ferment, Van Nostrand, page 131

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Spanish-language item as it appears in another language.

Also see

Origin

Translations

Catalan castellanisme, hispanisme
  • castellanismea Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • hispanismea Spanish language item as it appears in another language
French hispanisme
  • hispanismea Spanish language item as it appears in another language
German Hispanismus
  • Hispanismusa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Italian ispanismo
  • ispanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Polish hiszpanizm
  • hiszpanizma Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Portuguese espanholismo, castelhanismo
  • espanholismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • castelhanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • hispanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Romanian hispanism
  • hispanisma Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Spanish españolismo, castellanismo
  • españolismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • castellanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • hispanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Swedish förspanskning, hispanisering
  • förspanskninga Spanish language item as it appears in another language
  • hispaniseringa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Tagalog Ispanismo
  • Ispanismoa Spanish language item as it appears in another language
Cite this entry
APA

Hispanicism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanicism

MLA

“Hispanicism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanicism. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hispanicism,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hispanicism.

Source: Hispanicism on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.