Italianism

[ ih-tal-yuh-niz-uh m ]

/ ɪˈtæl yəˌnɪz əm /

an Italian practice, trait, or idiom.

Italian quality or spirit.

Origin of Italianism

First recorded in 1585–95; Italian + -ism

an·ti-I·tal·ian·ism, noun

He was not suited to strive with Bononcini on the ground of Italianism.

Handel |Romain Rolland
But it was its pure Italianism that prevented it from winning immediate success in Paris.

How Music Developed |W. J. Henderson
Here, therefore, is to be found an even deeper fear of Italianism, and here still sterner methods are employed to stamp it out.

Italy at War and the Allies in the West |E. Alexander Powell
We see in this the first blow struck at the triumphant Italianism.

Handel |Romain Rolland

And again the latter wrote: “You have two excellent points in that poem—originality and Italianism.”

Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats |Barnette Miller

Italianism

/ (ɪˈtæljəˌnɪzəm) /

an Italian custom or style

Italian quality or life, or the cult of either