Balkanism

Meaning

Noun

A word, phrase or other linguistic or cultural feature originating or being geographically confined to the region of Balkans.
Discourse promoting the pejorative political and cultural stereotype of the Balkans.

Origin

From Balkan + -ism. The political meaning was coined by Maria Todorova in 1997 in her work Imagining the Balkans.

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