Meaning of Hungarianism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A word or idiom of the Hungarian language (that has been borrowed by another language).
   countable
2. A custom or typical practice (e.g. in music) of the Hungarian people.
   countable, uncountable
3. Synonym of Hungarism, a Hungarian fascist movement.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The lexical Hungarianisms of most of the Slavonic languages have been surveyed, and there is a number of articles and essays on the topic.”

“After she had read my drafts, I received the final script with my Hungarianisms turned into clear English, my grammatical mistakes corrected and my typos eliminated.”

“When I learned that she’d never tried a Hungarian white this old, we decided to open one of the two bottles I’d picked up. Neither of us held out much hope. My father had warned me that the wine would probably be “broken,” a Hungarianism for wine that falls somewhere between vinegar and sherry.”

“Although chiefly inspired by Brahms, Dohnányi did employ the Hungarianisms that characterised the works of Liszt, which can be seen in a work like the Second String Quartet.”

“This was reflected in their ideology of Hungarianism, representing a mix of anti-Semitism, intense nationalism with an anti-capitalist, anti-Communist, and popular protest appeal, and the final goal was a racially pure Hungary.”

CEFR level