linguism

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noun

Discrimination based on a person's language.

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Meanings

nounlinguism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDiscrimination based on a person's language.
  2. uncountableCompetition among or unequal treatment of languages and their speaker communities.
    1 more example

    1971 David D. Anderson, "Ahmed Ali and Twilight in Delhi: The genesis of a Pakistani novel," MAHFIL: A.Quarterly of South Asian Literature, Spring-Summer 1971. This time, however, the controversy […] dealt with linguism, the problem of, the multiplicity of competing languages in the subcontinent as well as the cultural and political, overtones of the continuing competition among them.

  3. uncountableConversance with, or predilection for, (foreign) languages
  4. uncountableAdvocacy of languages on a regional basis

Origin

Back-formation from linguist + -ism.

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APA

linguism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguism

MLA

“linguism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “linguism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/linguism.

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