SOUTHERNISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does southernism mean? 

• SOUTHERNISM (noun)
  The noun SOUTHERNISM has 2 senses:

1. a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States

2. an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)

  Familiarity information: SOUTHERNISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTHERNISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("southernism" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("southernism" is a kind of...):

attitude; mental attitude (a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)