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单词 canadianism
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Canadianismn.

Brit. /kəˈneɪdɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /kəˈneɪdiənˌɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Canadian adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Canadian adj. + -ism suffix.
1. Attachment to or support for Canada or its values, outlook, etc. Also: the condition of being Canadian; Canadian attributes and characteristics regarded collectively.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > condition of
Canadianism1838
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > American English > idiom of
Americanism1781
Yankeeism1820
New Englandism1831
Westernism1836
Canadianism1838
Hoosierism1843
southernism1855
transatlanticism1858
frontierism1890
New Yorkerism1951
1838 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer 19 Sept. There is no election in the Northern Congressional District, notwithstanding..Canadianism this side of the border.
1857 E. Ryerson Let. 24 Feb. in Dr. Ryerson's Lett. Foreign Ecclesiastics 100 The duty of all classes was to forget these accidental distinctions, and unite in one noble, patriotic feeling of Canadianism.
1875 Canadian Monthly Nov. 429/2 In other words, the feeling of Canadianism is not yet sufficiently strong to override all conflicting local feelings and interests.
1906 Westm. Gaz. 20 May 12/1 What is called Canadianism may grow more pronounced with the growth of population.
1926 Brit. Weekly 20 May 130/5 A flat in Charing Cross-road, London, from which he cultivated his virile Canadianism.
1958 Times 24 Nov. p. iii/2 The feeling of unity and national identity and..other less tangible aspects of Canadianism.
2000 Independent on Sunday 27 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 5/2 He seems determined to submerge his Canadianism by becoming an expert on life in the US.
2. A word, expression, pronunciation, or idiom which is distinctively Canadian.
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1861 J. Croil Dundas xii. 267 ‘Plunder’. [Note] A Canadian-ism signifying barter, or, as here, in kind.
1875 Notes & Queries 15 May 399/1Span’: is it a Canadianism?
1909 Times 17 May 5/3 Until Senator Smith, to use a trite Canadianism, ‘butted in’, [it] would have been accepted by the Dominion authorities.
1928 Daily Express 4 Dec. 10/3 Perhaps one of the most descriptive Canadianisms is the word ‘kick’ instead of thrill.
1968 C. M. Vines Little Nut-brown Man i. 32 ‘Please, may I ask you something?’ ‘Yus!’ said he [sc. Lord Beaverbrook], employing, in good humour, this cheerful Canadianism.
1998 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 82 95 The presenter reviewed a large corpus of Quebec French. He also isolated a lengthy list of Canadianisms in grammar, vocabulary, accent, and semantics, showing for each item the difference with Parisian French.
2016 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 11 Mar. a6 Obama threw in a few Canadianisms,..joking at one point that it's been nearly 20 years since a Canadian prime minister was welcomed with a state dinner: ‘It's about time, eh?’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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