Asianism

== English == === Etymology === From Asian +‎ -ism. === Noun === Asianism (countable and uncountable, plural Asianisms) (historical, uncountable) An Ancient Greek rhetorical tendency that arose in the third century BC, favouring emotion, bombast and wordplay over austere formality, and distinguished by the use of a prose rhythm. Antonym: Atticism A behaviour or utterance that is characteristic of Asian people. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ====