Slavism

American  

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

noun

1. something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs Slav or Slavic.

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Slavism British  

/ ˈslɑːvɪzəm /

noun

1. anything characteristic of, peculiar to, or associated with the Slavs or the Slavonic languages

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Etymology

Origin of Slavism

First recorded in 1875–85; Slav + -ism

Example Sentences

These last were in theirPg 51 time expelled by the Croats and Serbs, and thus was Slavism established from the Danube to the Mediterranean.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence, the author says, the principal idea and fundamental feature of Bohemian history is the uninterrupted clashing and struggle of Slavism and Germanism; and in another place he remarks, that "the history of Bohemia consists chiefly in the combat with Germanism; or in the alternate reception and rejection by the Czekhes of German manners and institutions."

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In order to be understood, several of their deputies had to speak in German; and even for the journal founded as the great central organ of Slavism, the German language had to be employed.

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Besides, all this Slavism and nationalism is too old to be new.

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His Slavism was so pronounced that he even prophesied the overthrow of the Prussians by the Slavs.

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