linguonationalism means A type of nationalism which defines the nation in terms of a shared linguistic aspects; linguistic nationalism. It carries an Arena rating of 1013, earned across 274 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, linguonationalism ranks #2,606 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,340 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #5,273 of 17,131 for Scariest Words, #6,182 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “linguonationalism” is a great word
LINGUONATIONALISM — [Noun] A political ideology that grounds national identity and claims to sovereignty in a shared, often standardized, language. From the combining form linguo- (from Latin lingua, "tongue, language") + nationalism. Unlike civic nationalism, which defines membership by shared citizenship and laws, or ethnonationalism, which anchors identity in ancestry, linguonationalism elevates a common vernacular to the status of a sovereign territory. It is the state-funded academy purging foreign loanwords, the schoolyard where dialect is punished into conformity, and the census that counts not just people but speakers—a creed that finds borders not in rivers or mountains, but in the shift of a vowel.
Etymology
From linguo- + nationalism.
noun
- A type of nationalism which defines the nation in terms of a shared linguistic aspects; linguistic nationalism.
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