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for⋅eign⋅ism

  [fawr-uh-niz-uhm, for-]
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–noun
1. a foreign custom, mannerism, etc.
2. any trait, deviating from accepted speech standards, derived from a foreign language.
3. imitation of anything foreign.
4. a foreign quality.
Origin:
1850–55; foreign + -ism
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for·eign·ism   (fôr'ĭ-nĭz'əm, fŏr'-)   
n.  A foreign idiom or custom.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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