Castizo - Casticismo in The Spanish Language

Casticismo in The Spanish Language

Casticismo is a tendency among Spanish and Latin American intellectuals to reject foreign loanwords and stick to traditional Spanish roots. An example is deporte, a word recovered from Medieval Castilian meaning pastime, that successfully replaced the Anglicism sport, which has the same Latin origin as the Spanish word. It's closely related to costumbrismo in literature. mestizo is known for these as well

Ethnic mixing in colonial Spanish America
1st generation African
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 Peninsular
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 Peninsular
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 Amerindian
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 African
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2nd generation mulato criollo mestizo zambo
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3rd generation (with one Spaniard parent) morisco criollo castizo moreno
3rd generation (with one Amerindian parent) chino mestizo cholo cambujo
3rd generation (with one African parent) negro fino mulato cimarrón prieto

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