Word: cantonalism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: can
ton
al
ism
Definition: A Spanish insurrectionary movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, aiming to divide the nation state into almost independent cantons.
Morphemes:
Affix: canton
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To divide into cantons.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: canton
Language: fro
Decoded: canton
Meaning: corner
Affix: -al
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.