Usually means: Distinctive expressions from the South.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word southernism:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. Southernism, Southernism: Merriam-Webster
  2. Southernism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. southernism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. southernism: Vocabulary.com
  5. Southernism: Wordnik
  6. southernism: Wiktionary
  7. southernism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. southernism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. southernism: Dictionary.com
  10. southernism: Rhymezone
  11. southernism: FreeDictionary.org
  12. southernism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Southernism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. southernism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See southernisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (southernism)

noun:  Anything characteristic of the southern part of a region, especially the southern United States.
noun:  A word or phrase (a dialectism) from Southern American English.

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