southernism
[ suhth -er-niz-uh m ]
/ ˈsʌð ərˌnɪz əm /
noun
a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
Words nearby southernism
southern triangle,
southern uplands,
southern yemen,
southern-fried,
southerner,
southernism,
southernly,
southernmost,
southernwood,
southey,
southfield
Example sentences from the Web for southernism
Somehow her crisp, cleancut speech (Joan had quite abandoned Southernism) made his own seem hideous, drawling, uncouth.
Why Joan? |Eleanor Mercein Kelly