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Hispanicism

Hispanicism

9.1
An interest in Spanish language, literature and culture
  • noun
  • /hɪˈspænɪˌsɪzəm/
translation icon : hispanismo
  • Her love for Hispanicism led her to learn Spanish and explore the traditions of various Hispanic countries.
  • Hispanicism and Americanism

Examples

  • While we included Hispanicism to capture what is unique about Hispanic culture and not captured by the Americanism construct, it does appear in this investigation that Americanism is more closely related to parent communication and youth sexual behaviors.

    Academic text (2008)

  • It appears that acculturation-related variables, Hispanicism and Americanism, are not related to the discussion of moral issues.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Although parent Hispanicism was included in the models, this variable was not found to be strongly associated with birth control talk.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Most interesting, Americanism was more highly correlated with birth control talk than Hispanicism.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The alpha coefficients for adolescents were .90 for adolescent Americanism and .95 for adolescent Hispanicism.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Previous research has reported alphas of .93 and .89 for the Hispanicism and Americanism scales, respectively (Szapocznik et al., 1980).

    Academic text (2008)

  • The alpha coefficients were .95 for the Hispanicism scale and .91 for the Americanism scale. The alpha coefficients for parents were .95 for Parent Americanism and .87 for Parent Hispanicism.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The alpha coefficients were .95 for the Hispanicism scale and .91 for the Americanism scale. The alpha coefficients for parents were .95 for Parent Americanism and .87 for Parent Hispanicism.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The professor's lecture focused on Hispanicism, highlighting the rich contributions of Spanish literature to world culture.

  • Many students showed a keen interest in Hispanicism through their projects on Hispanic authors and artists.

Synonyms

Hispanism
vsHispanicism
8.4

A political or cultural movement that promotes Spanish language and culture

focuses on admiration, study, and promotion across Spanish speaking cultures

How Interested

admiration
106 1.8
Hispanicism
9.1
interest
∞ 1.0
indifference
71 4.6

Surface Forms

Hispanicism singular
Hispanicisms plural

Morphology

Hispanicism = Hispanic (semi-transparent) = Hispanic + ism

Formed by 'Hispanic' + '-ism' to denote an attitude, interest, or cultural movement; the ideological/academic sense is a conventional extension of '-ism' that may not be immediately obvious to lower-level learners.

Etymology

Hispanicism mixes Hispanic ('related to Spain and Spanish-speaking cultures') and -ism ('interest' or 'belief'), so it can mean interest in or support for Hispanic language, literature, and culture. That's why someone who studies or promotes Spanish culture may be described as having a strong Hispanicism.