Home › Words › C › czechismczechismczechism means A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, czechism ranks #15,678 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Czech + -ism.nounA word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language).e.g.“Examples include East Slavicisms in Polish Yiddish (and vice versa) and Czechisms in Polish and Eastern Yiddish dialects.” — 1987, Paul Wexler, Explorations in Judeo-Slavic Linguistics, page 168:Czech nationalism.e.g.“They regarded Thun as the representative of "Czechism" who had placed all his cards on the convocation of a national parliament.” — 1980, Josef V. Polišenský, Aristocrats and the Crowd in the Revolutionary Year 1848:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bohemism 81% match — A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language). vs czechism →czechization 74% match — The process of Czechizing, that is assimilating into Czech language or culture. vs czechism →czechian 71% match — Czech. vs czechism →czechize 71% match — To render Czech, to assimilate into Czech language or culture. vs czechism →czechic 68% match — Czech vs czechism →hungarianism 68% match — A word or idiom of the Hungarian language (that has been borrowed by another language). vs czechism →czechish 67% match — Czech vs czechism →slovakism 67% match — A linguistic feature of Slovakian language, especially a Slovakian idiom or phrasing that appears in some other language. vs czechism →