Sinicism

English

Etymology

Sinic +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɪsɪzəm/
Homophone: cynicism

Noun

Sinicism (plural Sinicisms)

Chinese culture or custom
A Chinese word or phrase that has entered the English language

Coordinate terms

(foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism

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