indigenisme

Catalan

Etymology

From indígena + -isme.

Pronunciation

Noun

indigenisme m (plural indigenismes)

  1. (linguistics) a word or expression from an indigenous language which has been borrowed into the language of a colonising population
  2. indigenismo (a cultural and political movement in Latin America which centres the experience of indigenous peoples)

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