Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A custom or trait peculiar to the Chinese.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Chinese manners, customs, and principles collectively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Ethnol.) Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.

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  • noun Chinese culture or custom
  • noun A Chinese word or phrase that has entered the English language

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Sinic, Chinese, from Medieval Latin Sīnicus, from Late Latin Sīnae, the Chinese; see Sino–.]

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Sinic +‎ -ism

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Examples

  • Pan-Sinicism is just as problematic as pan-Germanism.

    Ma on Cross Strait Relations Michael Turton 2009

  • Pan-Sinicism is just as problematic as pan-Germanism.

    Ma on Cross Strait Relations Michael Turton 2009

  • Alexander suggests that "anti-Sinicism" has played a much more active role in the turbulent events of the area than has been generally recognized.

    Short Reviews Editors, The 1974

  • Mophono's Halftone Society - Sinicism (Natural Self Remix) (2010, The Sinicism EP, Bastard Jazz)

    Chezlubacov Lubacov 2010

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