Balkanismn.

Brit.

/ˈbɔːlkənɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈbɒlkənɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈbɔlkəˌnɪzəm/,

/ˈbɑlkəˌnɪzəm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Balkan adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < Balkan adj. + -ism suffix. Compare French balkanisme (1896 or earlier), German Balkanismus (1909 or earlier), Serbian and Croatian balkanizam (1895 or earlier).

1. Balkan nature or character.

ΚΠ

1915 R. Dunn Five Fronts iii. 160 What can I do, except try to extract a certain grim and philosophic thrill from this touch of ‘Balkanism’—of the medievalism, the childish mystery, inherent in the shadow of the anachronistic Hapsburg realm?

1924 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 19/2 Patches of glaring ‘Westernism’..merely emphasize Belgrade's fundamental ‘Balkanism’.

1965 Times 30 Sept. 16/6 M. Bryère's overlaying of Ravel's Five Greek Songs with a stylized Balkanism rather smothered their characteristic simplicity.

2008 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 13 July 8 I always felt my Balkanism gave me an edge... I adore the fact that I have this added layer of being Serbian.

2. Also with lower-case initial. The action or fact of balkanizing or dividing; (also) tendency towards balkanization. Cf. balkanize v. 2.

ΚΠ

1932 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 162 231/1 Preventing Albania from becoming another Macedonia, focus of the infection of disorder and Balkanism.

1940 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 207 78/1 Balkanism is as much a state of mind as a condition of geography.

1995 USA Today (Nexis) 9 Nov. d6 It's evil, this cultural Balkanism... The presumption never stated is that you can't imagine the experience of someone in another group.

1998 Independent (Nexis) 30 Sept. 1 He coupled his attack on British balkanism with a resounding reaffirmation of his own Europeanism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balkanism
释义	Balkanismn. Brit. /ˈbɔːlkənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈbɒlkənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈbɔlkəˌnɪzəm/, /ˈbɑlkəˌnɪzəm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Balkan adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < Balkan adj. + -ism suffix. Compare French balkanisme (1896 or earlier), German Balkanismus (1909 or earlier), Serbian and Croatian balkanizam (1895 or earlier). 1. Balkan nature or character. ΚΠ 1915 R. Dunn Five Fronts iii. 160 What can I do, except try to extract a certain grim and philosophic thrill from this touch of ‘Balkanism’—of the medievalism, the childish mystery, inherent in the shadow of the anachronistic Hapsburg realm? 1924 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 19/2 Patches of glaring ‘Westernism’..merely emphasize Belgrade's fundamental ‘Balkanism’. 1965 Times 30 Sept. 16/6 M. Bryère's overlaying of Ravel's Five Greek Songs with a stylized Balkanism rather smothered their characteristic simplicity. 2008 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 13 July 8 I always felt my Balkanism gave me an edge... I adore the fact that I have this added layer of being Serbian. 2. Also with lower-case initial. The action or fact of balkanizing or dividing; (also) tendency towards balkanization. Cf. balkanize v. 2. ΚΠ 1932 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 162 231/1 Preventing Albania from becoming another Macedonia, focus of the infection of disorder and Balkanism. 1940 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 207 78/1 Balkanism is as much a state of mind as a condition of geography. 1995 USA Today (Nexis) 9 Nov. d6 It's evil, this cultural Balkanism... The presumption never stated is that you can't imagine the experience of someone in another group. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 30 Sept. 1 He coupled his attack on British balkanism with a resounding reaffirmation of his own Europeanism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1915
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