GERMANISM - Definition

Pronunciation:		'jurmu`nizum
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens

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	See Also:	custom, usage, usance

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ger"man*ism\, n. [Cf. F. germanisme.] 1. An idiom of the German language. 2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. --J. W. Alexander.