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- noun Something peculiar to
Asia or theAsiatics .
Etymologies
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Asiatic + -ism
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Proponents of this verbally richer style (called Asiaticism) proudly claim that the nuances available in the
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Asiaticism, with its weak womanhood, its men of scant chivalry, its polluting vices and its brothel slavery.
Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade 1896
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