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Meaning of Serbism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A linguistic feature of Serbian language, especially a Serbian idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language.
  2. An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristic for Serbs.
  3. Esteem for and emulation of cultural and ethnic heritage of Serbs.
  4. Nationalistic ideology declaring that being a Serb should be the highest cultural or political priority.

Examples

“In the meantime, Serb professors and diplomats were affirming the integral Serbism of Bulgarian Macedonia, and thus peacefully paving the way for war.”
“"A battle lost to the Bulgarians in Macedonia will be for Serbia and Serbism the Kosovo Battle lost a second time round.”
“Only a small group of scholars has made intellectuals and their national ideas the object of their analyses, and they examine principally the evolving visions of 'Yugoslavism', the various understandings of 'Serbism' and the complementarity ...”
“His Yugoslavism was replaced by a version of Serbism, according to which the Serbs should strive for a predominantly Serb state, at the same time preserving Serb national identity of all the Serbs forced, by foreign powers, to live outside that ...”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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