Teutonism

Also Teu·ton·i·cism

[toot-n-iz-uhm, tyoot-]

noun

1. the character, spirit, or culture of the Teutons, especially the Germans.

2. a Teutonic or German characteristic.

3. Germanism.

Teutonism

/ ˈtjuːtəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a German idiom, custom, or characteristic

2. German society or civilization

Other Word Forms

• Teutonist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Teutonism¹

First recorded in 1850–55; Teuton + -ism

Example Sentences

Let them all resolve that if the world can at last emerge free from the present hurricane, they will not permit, out of weakness and despondency, the sweeping waves of teutonism to submerge Civilization and destroy the monuments of the work of centuries of the Christian Art.

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I mentioned to you before that my expectation of rough usage in consequence of my unattenuated, even if not frivolously aggressive, Teutonism was to prove completely unfounded. 

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The process has for long ages been much the same everywhere—perennial streams of Teutonism setting steadily from the north, all successively submerged in the great ocean of dark round-headed humanity, which under many names has occupied the central uplands and eastern plains since the Neolithic Age, overflowing also in later times into the Balkan Peninsula.

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Fabian overcame his timid dread of a public life more easily and quickly than he could have believed possible, and justified all the expectations entertained with regard to the author of the 'History of Teutonism,' who had so suddenly sprung into fame.

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Be assured that I had not the smallest share in the controversy which my 'History of Teutonism' provoked.

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