Pan-Slavism

American  

[pan-slah-viz-uhm, -slav-iz-] / ˌpænˈslɑ vɪz əm, -ˈslæv ɪz- /

noun

1. the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.

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Pan-Slavism British  

noun

1. (esp in the 19th century) the movement for the union of the Slavic peoples, esp under the hegemony of tsarist Russia

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Other Word Forms

• Pan-Slav
  adjective
• Pan-Slavic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Pan-Slavism

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Slavism

Example Sentences

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Pan-Slavism

The second was fear of Pan-Slavism, which was rooted in many Europeans, especially Germans and Scandinavians, long before Karl Marx was born.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead of encouraging his people to be more European, he was going to be the champion of a new Pan-Slavism and to strive to intensify the Russian national traits.

From A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele

Bakunin accused Mars of German patriotism in this matter, and Marx accused him of Pan-Slavism, no doubt in both cases justly.

From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand Russell

Asia affected by, 237; military potency of, 238, 240 Pan-Mongolism, 28 Pan-Nordic union, 200 Pan-Slavism, 169, 201, 203 Paraguay, 110 Paris, 99, 122, 216 Pax Americana, 4 Pax Romana, 170 Peace Conference.

From The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Lothrop Stoddard

Already before the war the Czechs were pioneers of Slav solidarity and reciprocity, wrongly called Pan-Slavism.

From Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Vladimír Nosek