# Balkanism

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/balkanism