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Webster 1913 Edition
Germanism
Ger′man-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
germanisme
.] 1.
An idiom of the German language.
2.
A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.
J. W. Alexander.
Webster 1828 Edition
Germanism
GER'MANISM
,Noun.