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Europeanism

[ yoo r-uh-pee-uh-niz-uh m, yur- ]
/ ˌyʊər əˈpi əˌnɪz əm, ˌyɜr- /

noun

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

Origin of Europeanism

First recorded in 1820–30; European + -ism

OTHER WORDS FROM Europeanism

an·ti-Eu·ro·pe·an·ism, noun
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Examples from the Web for europeanism

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

    The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry

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

    Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard|Joseph Conrad