noun
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a German idiom, custom, or characteristic
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German society or civilization
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Etymology
Origin of Teutonism
Example Sentences
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In this the Germans rather resemble the Welsh; though heaven knows what becomes of Teutonism if they do.
From The Barbarism of Berlin by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
There was a time when Teutonism played a great role in our national life.
From The Coming Conquest of England by Niemann, August
If there was any treaty binding Britain with Teutonism it is, to say the least of it, a lost scrap of paper—almost what one might call a scrap of waste paper.
From New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index by Various
But all such pacific and only slowly growing Teutonism was brought to a crisis and a decision when the voice of Pitt called us, like a trumpet, to the rescue of the Protestant Hero.
From The Crimes of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
The Danes expected protection from England; and if there had been any sincerity in the ideal side of our Teutonism they ought to have had it.
From The Crimes of England by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
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