Esperantism

== English == === Etymology === From Esperant(o) +‎ -ism. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕspərănʹtĭzm, IPA(key): /ɛspəˈɹæntɪzm/ === Noun === Esperantism (plural Esperantisms) A feature or affectation of Esperanto. 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; →ISBN, 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 Esperanto. === See also === Finvenkism Raumism === Anagrams === aspirements, praisements, stream snipe