Pan-Germanism
noun
the idea or advocacy of a union of all the German peoples in a single political organization or state.
Pan-Germanic
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a word derived from
Pan-Germanism.
Example Sentences
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The intensification of German propaganda inside Switzerland led many Swiss to believe that Germany might like to fill the last lacuna in this Pan-Germanic ideal sooner rather than later.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was popular at a very early date in England, and is probably a Pan-Germanic legend.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
Two years after his accession, there was organized the Pan-Germanic League.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
It seems probable, on the evidence of Beowulf, that Sigmund and Sinfjötli represent the Pan-Germanic stage of the national-hero, and Sigurd or Siegfried the Continental stage.
From The Edda, Volume 2 The Heroic Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 13 by L. Winifred Faraday
General Allenby, for instance, captured 150 guns, General Home 64, while General Byng formed three "Pan-Germanic groups" out of his.
From Towards the Goal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
