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Pan-Arabism

American  
[pan-ar-uh-biz-uhm] / ˈpænˈær əˌbɪz əm /

noun

  1. the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the Arab nations.


Pan-Arabism British  
/ ˈærəˌbɪzəm /

noun

  1. the principle of, support for, or the movement towards Arab political union or cooperation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Pan-Arabism

pan- + Arab + -ism

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Such debates were crucial to the Arabic Renaissance and to Pan-Arabism, but after that the question was effectively settled, at least in terms of policy.

From The New Yorker Apr. 10, 2017

Pan-Arabism was humiliated by Israel's six-day victory in the 1967 war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Open criticism is being allowed again, and there have been some pointed attacks on the Pan-Arabism that flourished under Nasser and all but obliterated millenniums of Egyptian history.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has begun to mute Nasser's stress on Pan-Arabism and concentrate on Egypt's internal problems.

From Time Magazine Archive

Furthermore, as I have already said, Pan-Arabism is interwoven with the non-racial concepts of Pan-Islamism and "Pan-Islamic Nationalism."

From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard

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