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Bulgarism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Bulgarian nationalism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Bulgarism in Macedonia

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Bulgarian idiom or turn of phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Examples

  • Bulgarisms in Church Slavonic texts

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An ethnonationalist ideology centered upon the revival of the Volga Bulgar identity (of which the modern Tatar, Bashkir, and Chuvash people are considered descendants).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Bulgaria + -ism.

Derived from Russian Булгари́зм (Bulgarízm), analyzable as Bulgar + -ism.