Britishism

English

Alternative forms

Briticism
British-ism

Etymology

British +‎ -ism

Noun

Britishism (countable and uncountable, plural Britishisms)

A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain.
The practice of British religion or culture.

Synonyms

anglicism

Coordinate terms

(dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism, Yankism), Australianism, Britishism (anglicism, Briticism), Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

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