Bulgarism

English

Etymology 1

Bulgaria +‎ -ism.

Noun

Bulgarism (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarisms)

  1. Bulgarian nationalism.
    Bulgarism in Macedonia
  2. A Bulgarian idiom or turn of phrase.
    Bulgarisms in Church Slavonic texts

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Bulgarism (countable and uncountable, plural Bulgarisms)

  1. An ethnonationalist ideology centered upon the revival of the Volga Bulgar identity (of which the modern Tatar, Bashkir, and Chuvash people are considered descendants).
    Alternative form: Bulgharism
    Coordinate term: Tatarism