Pan-Slavism

[ pan-slah-viz-uhm, -slav-iz- ]

/ ˌpænˈslɑ vɪz əm, -ˈslæv ɪz- /

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noun

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

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Origin of Pan-Slavism

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Slavism

OTHER WORDS FROM Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slav, Pan-Slavic, adjective

How to use Pan-Slavism in a sentence

Is Russia, already so immense, to place herself at the head of Panslavism and extend her borders to the Dardanelles?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVII. No. 101. May, 1876.|Various
All this is somewhat like a political propaganda of Panslavism.
Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime
The idea and conception of Panslavism are the produce of the latent political events on the Continent, viz.
Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851|Various
The idea of Panslavism was here first worked out systematically.
Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations|Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob Robinson

The great mass of the Russian people has nothing to do with Panslavism; it does not even know what it is.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavism

noun

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

Derived forms of Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavic, adjective

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