1mass nounDevotion to or adoption of the customs and culture of North American Indians.
（对北美印第安人的风俗和文化的）推崇（或模仿）
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Indigenism must not be confused with Indianism or local color.
But in too many schools and districts, the gestures toward cultural curriculum are based on stereotypical notions of monolithic Indianism - the noble or downtrodden Red Man.
2A word or idiom characteristic of Indian English or North American Indians.
印度英语中的典型（或特有）单词（或习语）；印第安语特有单词（或习语）
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To his credit, there are Indianisms still in Narayan's work, untouched by any putative editorial insularity.
Alok Rai renders Nirmala with confident ease and flair and an occasional Indianism; he also provides a sophisticated discussion of the mode of melodrama which Premchand is said to resort to.
Yet the use of the English literary idiom does not detract from the simultaneous use of ‘Indianisms’, colourful expressions and metaphors drawn from Marathi idiom and oral narrative traditions of India.
After years in North America, I can say that immigrants from India to this continent are often noticed for their distinct way of speaking English and for their use of ‘Indianisms’.
Definition of Indianism in US English:
Indianism
nounˈindēəˌnizəm
1Devotion to or adoption of the customs and culture of North American Indians.
（对北美印第安人的风俗和文化的）推崇（或模仿）
Example sentencesExamples
But in too many schools and districts, the gestures toward cultural curriculum are based on stereotypical notions of monolithic Indianism - the noble or downtrodden Red Man.
Indigenism must not be confused with Indianism or local color.
2A word or idiom characteristic of Indian English or North American Indians.
印度英语中的典型（或特有）单词（或习语）；印第安语特有单词（或习语）
Example sentencesExamples
Yet the use of the English literary idiom does not detract from the simultaneous use of ‘Indianisms’, colourful expressions and metaphors drawn from Marathi idiom and oral narrative traditions of India.
After years in North America, I can say that immigrants from India to this continent are often noticed for their distinct way of speaking English and for their use of ‘Indianisms’.
Alok Rai renders Nirmala with confident ease and flair and an occasional Indianism; he also provides a sophisticated discussion of the mode of melodrama which Premchand is said to resort to.
To his credit, there are Indianisms still in Narayan's work, untouched by any putative editorial insularity.