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british
Britishism
[
brit
-i-shiz-
uh
m ]
SHOW IPA
/ ˈbrɪt ɪˌʃɪz əm /
PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
Briticism
.
any custom, manner, characteristic, or quality peculiar to or associated with the
British
people.
the aggregate of such qualities regarded as characteristic of a
British
person:
His cool reserve is just part of his Britishism.
Origin of Britishism
First recorded in 1880–85;
British
+
-ism
British Dictionary definitions for
britishism
Britishism
/ (
ˈbrɪtɪˌʃɪzəm
) /
noun
a variant of
Briticism