Pan-Americanism
Americannoun
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the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
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a movement for or the idea or advocacy of close economic, cultural, and military cooperation among the Pan-American countries.
Etymology
Origin of Pan-Americanism
1900–05, Pan-American ( def. ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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And back to Pan-Americanism: Sept. 18-20, Wynton Marsalis collaborates with the Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes and the percussionist Pedrito Martinez.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2014
For if the U. S. fights Canada and Argentina for the shrinking European market, they will be less likely to play the game of good neighborliness, Pan-Americanism and Hemisphere Defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pan-Americanism . . . fought against the obstacles which were strewn in its way, triumphed over them even as faith and beauty must always triumph!
From Time Magazine Archive
Pan-Americanism, says Dr. Quintanilla, is now in its fourth stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Pan-Americanism need not be less real or less valuable for being a construction deliberately planned instead of a spontaneous organism.
From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)
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