southernism

What does southernism mean?

southernism means "a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in southernism?

southernism has 3 syllables and divides as sou-ther-nism under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is southernism a common word?

southernism is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for southernism come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.