Yankeeism

[ yang-kee-iz-uhm ]

noun

1. Yankee character or characteristics.
2. a Yankee peculiarity, as of speech.

Yankeeism

/ ˈjæŋkɪɪzəm /

noun

1. Yankee character, behaviour, or attitudes
2. a typical Yankee word, expression, or trait

Word History and Origins

Origin of Yankeeism¹

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; Yankee + -ism

Example Sentences

Join the hands of the modern English nobleman and the mythical African princess—link together the latest development of Yankeeism and dollars with the grim tragedy of the Corsican bandit—your fortune is made; you are absolutely incongruous; you have out-Radcliffed Radcliffe.

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He charges them with having infested his poor countrymen of the British races with many of the vices natural to the worst category of "Yankeeism."

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But the majority decided on accepting it, justly concluding that it was best to carry the thing off with a good grace; and having, besides, much curiosity to see how the ladies would conduct, if we may be pardoned a Yankeeism.

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I know you will say, therein lies the cause of my sudden conversion to Yankeeism.

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In general, he spoke English pretty well—colony English I mean, not that of the schools; though he had not a single Yankeeism in his vocabulary.

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