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

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 Stoddard, Lothrop

Immediately following Russia's participation in asking reforms of Turkey for its Balkan dependencies Pan-Slavism increased rapidly and greatly in Russia.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

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

And he was as strongly repelled by Dostoevsky's shrieking Pan-Slavism as by his sensationalism among horrors.

From Old and New Masters by Lynd, Robert