Home › Words › H › hottentotismhottentotismhottentotism means A word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, hottentotism ranks #41,591 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Hottentot + -ism.nounA word or phrase adopted from the Hottentot language.e.g.“Hottentotisms in Afrikaans”A kind of stammer in which the words become unintelligible.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hottentotish 82% match — Of or relating to the Hottentot people. vs hottentotism →hottentotic 81% match — Of or relating to the Hottentot people. vs hottentotism →hottentot 76% match — A member of the Khoekhoe group of peoples. vs hottentotism →khoekhoe 63% match — A member of a Southern African people, formerly known as Hottentots. vs hottentotism →afrikanerism 52% match — A word or phrase characteristic of Afrikaners. vs hottentotism →chutnification 52% match — The adoption of Indian elements into the English language or culture. vs hottentotism →aztequism 51% match — A word or phrase borrowed from the Aztec language. vs hottentotism →batavism 51% match — A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language). vs hottentotism →