Teutonism

American  

[toot-n-iz-uhm, tyoot-] / ˈtut nˌɪz əm, ˈtjut- /

Also Teutonicism

noun

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

2. a Teutonic or German characteristic.

3. Germanism.

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Teutonism British  

/ ˈtjuːtəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. a German idiom, custom, or characteristic

2. German society or civilization

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Other Word Forms

• Teutonist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Teutonism

First recorded in 1850–55; Teuton + -ism

Example Sentences

The music is in every case good, and especially satisfactory in its emancipation 252 from the Teutonism of Foerster's earlier songs.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Hughes, Rupert

If there was any treaty binding Britain to 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 The Appetite of Tyranny Including Letters to an Old Garibaldian by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Calvinism was a mistake, and Capitalism was a mistake, and Teutonism and the flattery of the Northern tribes were mistakes.

From What I Saw in America by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

To send an American son or daughter to Deutschland for such influence and benefit was but another example of the prevailing misconception of real Teutonism.

From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver

If there was any treaty binding Britain to Teutonism it is, to say the least of it, a lost scrap of paper; almost what one would call a scrap of waste-paper.

From The Barbarism of Berlin by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)