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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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 Stuart Oliver Henry
One of the striking expressions of this Teutonism is presented by the language in which the Anglo-Saxon laws were written.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various
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
It is simply this; that if Teutonism be used for comprehension it cannot be used for conquest.
From The Crimes of England by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
The sagas of the Lombard cycle are the poetic crystallization of the spread of Teutonism over the world of the Orient; they symbolize the national thirst for adventure and strife.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Hermann Schoenfeld
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