Home › Words › E › elizabethanismelizabethanismelizabethanism means A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to the literature of England in the Elizabethan period.EtymologyFrom Elizabethan + -ism.nounA word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to the literature of England in the Elizabethan period.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.elizabethanness 74% match — The fact or quality of being Elizabethan. vs elizabethanism →elizabethian 65% match — Synonym of Elizabethan (“pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603”). vs elizabethanism →englishism 65% match — An expression or characteristic peculiar to the English language. vs elizabethanism →elizabethiana 63% match — Elizabethan items. vs elizabethanism →elizabethanly 63% match — In an Elizabethan manner. vs elizabethanism →shakespearism 62% match — Synonym of Shakespeareanism. vs elizabethanism →elizabethan 61% match — Pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland, from 1558 to 1603. vs elizabethanism →britishism 60% match — A word, phrase, idiom, or expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in Britain. vs elizabethanism →