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chicanismo

[ chee-kah-neez-maw; English chee-kah-neez-moh, -niz-moh ]

noun

, Spanish.
  1. pride in one's heritage as a Mexican American.
  2. the heritage, background, culture, etc., of Mexican Americans.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chicanismo1

First recorded in 1965–70; < Mexican Spanish Chicano ( def ) + suffix -ismo -ism ( def )
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Example Sentences

“I wanted to use this buoyant Chicanismo language that we speak; the beautiful way that we transform language to meet our own cultural needs, our own legacy and our own inheritance from our antepasados,” Baca explained.

“Given its purpose was to tell the story of defiant Chicanismo in the face of oppression, Joe’s story doesn’t really fit with that,” he said.

I wanted to focus on something for my communities, and new types of Chicanismo and Latinidad.

“At its heart, it’s been a key tool to keeping alive Chicanismo and Chicano identity,” Sandoval said.

“They just want to survive and hang out with their family and drink some beers and make some carne asada. Chicanismo is, like, for other places.”

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