Sicilianism

== English == === Etymology === From Sicilian +‎ -ism. === Noun === Sicilianism (countable and uncountable, plural Sicilianisms) The ensemble of customs, mentality and attitudes traditionally attributed to Sicilians. (linguistics) A word or phrase identified as being Sicilian (language or Italian dialect), as written in Sicily or by a Sicilian, or as expressive of Sicilian mentality or attitudes. 1900, J. Rendel Harris, Further Researches into the History of the Ferrar-Group, C. J. Clay and Sons, Cambridge University Press, page 76, In proving or testing for Sicilianism or Ferrarism amongst the MSS. tabulated above, we must be to a large extent dependent upon fresh examinations and further collations. It is, however, interesting to note that in the case of some of the MSS. referred to, including the less accessible of them, the Ferrarism, or the Sicilianism, can be clearly made out. 1994, Frede Jensen (editor and translator), Tuscan Poetry of the Duecento: An Anthology, footnote, page 308, 12. dia: is Provençal or a Sicilianism: ogni dia (Notaio, v. 6: Cont I 61) 'every day'. (politics) Sicilian nationalism; a political movement within Sicily, and to some extent in the Sicilian diaspora, which seeks greater autonomy or even full independence for Sicily from Italy and promotes Sicilian identity in terms of culture, history and language; also used historically. 2009 [Pearson Education Ltd], Martin Clark, The Italian Risorgimento, 2nd Edition, 2013, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 23, ‘Sicilianism’ was conservative and aristocratic, but it was a real separatist threat to the weak and remote Bourbon government in Naples. ==== Translations ==== === See also === Sicilianity === Further reading === Movement for the Independence of Sicily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Party of Sicilians on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Southern Italy autonomist movements on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Flag of Sicily on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sicilian revolution of 1848 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sicilian Vespers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Three-finger salute (Sicilian) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia