Highlandism

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English

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Etymology

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From Highland +‎ -ism.

Noun

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Highlandism (uncountable)

  1. The culture and practices of the Scottish Highlands.
    • 2003, Celeste Ray, Southern Heritage on Display, page 259:
      Through the romance of Highlandism, all Scots became defeated Jacobites and Highlanders. It is this image of Scottish identity that Americans of Lowland Scots, Scots-Irish, and Highland Scots ancestry alike have “reclaimed” […]
    • 1999, Anne Buttimer, L. Wallin, Nature and Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective, page 276:
      By 1881, the association between militarism and Highlandism was so strong that the War Office ordered all Lowland regiments to wear tartan 'trews' and Highland-style doublets.
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