Afghanistanism
English
noun
Definitions
- The practice of concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues.
- Hopelessly arcane and irrelevant scholarship.
- Fascination with exotic, faraway lands.
Etymology
Suffix from English Afghanistan.
Origin
English
Afghanistan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Afghanistan English
- Afghanistani English
- افغان Persian