Asiaticism

English

Etymology

Asiatic +‎ -ism

Noun

Asiaticism (countable and uncountable, plural Asiaticisms)

  1. (countable) Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
  2. (uncountable) Imitation of Asiatic or Eastern manners.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Asiaticism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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