Asianism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An Ancient Greek rhetorical tendency that arose in the third century BC, favouring emotion, bombast and wordplay over austere formality, and distinguished by the use of a prose rhythm.
  2. A behaviour or utterance that is characteristic of Asian people.

Word forms

Asianism Asianisms

Etymology

From Asian + -ism.

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