Briticism

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(brĭt'ĭ-sĭz'əm) pronunciation also Brit·ish·ism (-shĭz'əm)
n.
A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or peculiar to English as it is spoken in Great Britain.

[From BRITI(SH), on the model of words such as GALLICISM.]



is the term for a language feature that is peculiar to British English, not Britishism.

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