Home › Words › N › northernismnorthernismnorthernism means anything characteristic of the northern part of a region.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, northernism ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom northern + -ism.nounAnything characteristic of the northern part of a region.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).