Slavism

[ slah-viz-uhm, slav-iz- ]

noun

1. something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs Slav or Slavic.

Slavism

/ ˈslɑːvɪzəm /

noun

1. anything characteristic of, peculiar to, or associated with the Slavs or the Slavonic languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of Slavism¹

First recorded in 1875–85; Slav + -ism

Example Sentences

Pan-Slavism, which was dominating the Russian policy to an ever greater degree, had positive anti-German tendencies.

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Pan-Slavism or Pan-Germanism, based upon a racial bond, would be a far more significant political idea.

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It was made to elect between pan-Slavism and pan-capitalism.

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And he was as strongly repelled by Dostoevsky's shrieking Pan-Slavism as by his sensationalism among horrors.

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Besides, all this Slavism and nationalism is too old to be new.

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