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BRITICISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Briticism mean?
• BRITICISM (noun)
The noun BRITICISM has 1 sense:
1. an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
Familiarity information: BRITICISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Anglicism; Briticism; Britishism
Hypernyms ("Briticism" is a kind of...):
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
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