Slavism

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

/ ˈslɑ vɪz əm, ˈslæv ɪz- /

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noun

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

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Also Slavicism.

Origin of Slavism

First recorded in 1875–85; Slav + -ism

Words nearby Slavism

slavey, Slavic, Slavicism, Slavicist, slavish, Slavism, Slavkov, Slavo-, slavocracy, Slavonia, Slavonian

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How to use Slavism in a sentence

Pan-Slavism, which was dominating the Russian policy to an ever greater degree, had positive anti-German tendencies.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various
Pan-Slavism or Pan-Germanism, based upon a racial bond, would be a far more significant political idea.
The Promise Of American Life|Herbert David Croly
It was made to elect between pan-Slavism and pan-capitalism.
After the Rain|Sam Vaknin
And he was as strongly repelled by Dostoevsky's shrieking Pan-Slavism as by his sensationalism among horrors.
Old and New Masters|Robert Lynd

Besides, all this Slavism and nationalism is too old to be new.
The Possessed|Fyodor Dostoevsky

British Dictionary definitions for Slavism

Slavism

/ (ˈslɑːvɪzəm) /

noun

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

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