Europeanism

[ yoor-uh-pee-uh-niz-uhm, yur- ]

noun

1. European characteristics, ideas, methods, sympathies, etc.
2. a European trait or practice.
3. belief in or advocacy of the unification of Europe.

Other Words From

• an·ti-Eu·ro·pe·an·ism noun
• pro-Eu·ro·pe·an·ism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Europeanism¹

First recorded in 1820–30; European + -ism

Example Sentences

Indo-Europeanism must have had something to recommend it and make it highly attractive to enable it to spread so fast and far.

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They did away with his Europeanism; for Dr. Monygham had made himself an ideal conception of his disgrace.

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This hypodermic injection of Europeanism wandered happily into the veins of the city with the broad grin of a pleased child.

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