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

Derived Forms

• Pan-Slavic
  adjective
• Pan-Slav
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Pan-Slavism

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Slavism

Example Sentences

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

The word "Pan-Slavism" appears to mean common action or interest among all who speak the Slav tongues, and similarly suggests some ethnological bond of kinship.

From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)

Czecho-Slovakia will raise the banner of a new Pan-Slavism and Slav unity.

From Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 by Graham, Stephen

Not only Pan-Germanism, Pan-Slavism, and British Imperialism, like all other imperialisms, but even the national ambitions of some smaller Powers have acquired a new and dangerous energy.

From Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene by Ellis, Havelock

Every nation has its own variety of it; in England it is Jingoism, in France Chauvinism, in Italy Irredentism, in Russia Pan-Slavism, and so on.

From The War and Democracy by