Asianism
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A behaviour or utterance that is characteristic of Asian people.
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Etymology
From Asian + -ism.
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