Associations to the word «Slavism»

Wiktionary

SLAVISM, noun. (countable) A linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.
SLAVISM, noun. (usually uncountable) An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic.
SLAVISM, noun. (usually uncountable) Esteem for and emulation of Slavic culture and politics.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates