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Pan-Americanism

[ pan-uh-mer-i-kuh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
  2. a movement for or the idea or advocacy of close economic, cultural, and military cooperation among the Pan-American countries.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pan-Americanism1

1900–05, Americanism; Pan-American ( def ) + -ism
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Example Sentences

Advantage was taken of this need to erect the building which was to be the visible and worthy symbol of Pan Americanism.

To make Pan-Americanism merely a matter of geography is to deprive it of all serious meaning.

Obviously, Pan-Americanism cannot aim at precise symmetry or theoretical consistency.

What about Pan-Americanism, the sentiment or system which aims at uniting all the American republics?

Pan-Americanism, however, was destined to remain largely a generous ideal.

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