See also: Kantönli-Geist

Alemannic German

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Noun

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Kantönligeist m (plural Kantönligeister)

  1. Alternative spelling of Kantönligeischt

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Alemannic German Kantönligeischt.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kanˈtøːnlɪˌɡaɪ̯ʃt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯ʃt
  • Hyphenation: Kan‧tön‧li‧geist

Noun

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Kantönligeist m (strong, genitive Kantönligeistes or Kantönligeists, plural Kantönligeister)

  1. (Switzerland, derogatory, chiefly in the singular) a mindset or ideological trend wherein the sovereignty and interests of a particular canton are seen as supreme over federal interests
    • 1871, Daheim: ein deutsches Familienblatt und Illustrationen[1], →LCCN, →OCLC, page 702:
      In ihrer individuellen Mannigfaltigkeit werden die Kantone der Schweiz uns geographisch charakterisirt, und es ist uns, als ob aus diesen verschiedenen Physiognomieen schon die Grundelemente der verschiedenen „Kantönligeister“ emportauchten.
      The cantons of Switzerland are geographically characterized to us in their individual diversity, and it seems to us, as if already the basic elements of the various "cantonal mindsets" emerged from these different physiognomies.
  2. (Switzerland, derogatory, less common) a person who acts in accordance with this mindset
    • 2019 August 23, Max Winiger, Ihr sollt vorsorgen! Kapiert?[2]:
      Ansonsten schaffen es verknöcherte, ewig-gestrige Kantönligeister und Leerparolen-verbreitende Egopolitiker noch, das ganze Land zu ruinieren.
      Otherwise, ossified, reactionary people with a cantonal mindset and self-centered politicans spreading empty slogans will eventually manage to ruin the whole country.

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