Esperantism

esperantism English Etymology From en Esperanto ism Esperant(o). Pronunciation ĕspərănʹtĭzm RP, en /ɛspəˈɹæntɪzm/ Noun A en feature or en affectation of en Esperanto. en 1922 w:Albert Léon Guérard A Short History of the International Language Movement T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=K_lYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Esperantisms%22&dq=%22Esperantisms%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HLs9T_zMI4KnhAfMn8zKBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAQ 160 The international language idea would suffer a long eclipse; and when it emerged again, it would be in a form totally free from “Esperantisms” — most probably in the form of simplified Latin. 1993, Pierre Janton [aut.], Humphrey Tonkin [ed., tr.], Jane Edwards [tr.], and Karen Johnson-Weiner [tr.], Esperanto: Language, Literature, and Community (Albany: State University of New York Press; 0791412539, 0791412547), chapter 4: “Expression”, page 87 We are dealing here not with a poetic convention but with a fundamental characteristic of the language — a characteristic further illustrated in the ability to use grammatical morphemes as lexical units, thereby enriching the vocabulary with a whole series of lexemes derived from essentially grammatical devices: ano = membro, aĵo = objekto, aro = grupo, ejo = loko, eta = malgranda, ege = multe, ene = interne, and so on. These can be considered as authentic Esperantisms — as can constructions which in a sense move in the opposite direction: suni, furiozi, fervori, malĉasti, ebli, and others. The practice of using or participating in the ideals of en Esperanto. See also en Finvenkism en Raumism Anagrams en aeeimnprsst aspirements praisements stream snipe en Conlanging