northernism

(ˈnɔːðənˌɪzəm)

1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners

2. (Anthropology & Ethnology) the character or views, esp political views, of the northern part of a given country

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References in periodicals archive ?

One example is the legacy of Ahmadu Bello, whose image was rehabilitated following his murder to serve the needs of 'northernism'.

The politics of identity in local African societies

And was the pronunciation of which with a strongly aspirated onset, for instance, a northernism to be stigmatized or a spelling pronunciation to be praised (225-6)?

A Language Suppressed: The Pronunciation of the Scots Language in the 18th Century

The Northernisms in the Reeve's Tale are shown to articulate with the Reeve's own sporadic Norfolkisms; Machan makes a series of suggestive comments here, though (perhaps necessarily) the final verdict on their function is rather inconclusive.