Kevinismus

German

Etymology

From Kevin +‎ -ismus, the former being the prototypical example of such a name.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kevinismus m (strong, genitive Kevinismus, plural Kevinismen)

1. (usually uncountable, chiefly humorous) Kevinism, the social phenomenon that the working and uneducated classes tend to prefer foreign, especially English, given names, which has led to generally low prestige of these names in German-speaking Europe (in contrast to the usually high prestige of the English language)
2. (countable) an instance of such naming

Declension

Declension of Kevinismus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kevinismus	die	Kevinismen
genitive	eines	des	Kevinismus	der	Kevinismen
dative	einem	dem	Kevinismus	den	Kevinismen
accusative	einen	den	Kevinismus	die	Kevinismen

Synonyms

• Chantalismus

Antonyms

• Emilismus