Hungarianism

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English

Etymology

Hungarian +‎ -ism

Noun

Hungarianism (countable and uncountable, plural Hungarianisms)

  1. (countable) A word or idiom of the Hungarian language (that has been borrowed by another language).
    • 1998, Jerzy Rusek, Janusz Siatkowski, Zbigniew Rusek, Streszczenia referatów i komunikatów: XII Międzynarodowy Kongres Slawistów, Kraków 27 VIII-2 IX 1998. Językoznawstwo (→ISBN):
      The lexical Hungarianisms of most of the Slavonic languages have been surveyed, and there is a number of articles and essays on the topic.
    • 2007, Joel T. Klein, Body-Soul-Spirit (→ISBN):
      After she had read my drafts, I received the final script with my Hungarianisms turned into clear English, my grammatical mistakes corrected and my typos eliminated.
    Synonym: Magyarism
  2. (countable or uncountable) A custom or typical practice (e.g. in music) of the Hungarian people.
    • 2005, Kenneth Hamilton, The Cambridge Companion to Liszt, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN):
      Although chiefly inspired by Brahms, Dohnányi did employ the Hungarianisms that characterised the works of Liszt, which can be seen in a work like the Second String Quartet.

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