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Meanings of Briticism in English

Portuguese
anglicismo
Catalan
anglicisme

An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)

anglicismo
Synonyms
Examples for "Anglicism"
Examples for "Anglicism"
1
The meeting in the station became a symbol of stiff, awkward, pretentious Anglicism.
Thyrza
2
An Anglicism much ridiculed in America is "different to."
America To-day, Observations and Reflections
3
We avoid them, which it is not difficult to do, as we have the brand of Protestantism and Anglicism upon us.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1
4
For the absence of this primal Anglicism from our modern system goes -as was said -to the very root of culture.
Sidney Lanier
5
When I saw her I thought they rather resembled Anglicisms.
In Luck at Last
1
"Fellow dogs," I said, "it is clear that we must choose here and now, once and for all, between Britishism and Bolshevism.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919
Usage of Briticism in English
1
A sort of spiritual asphyxiation overtook one at last, in which the mere stony Briticism of the London hotel seemed to have a part.
Antwerp to Gallipoli: A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behin...
Translations for Briticism
Portuguese
anglicismo
Catalan
anglicisme