Pan-Americanism

[pan-uh-mer-i-kuh-niz-uhm]

Pan-A·mer·i·can·ism

[pan-uh-mer-i-kuh-niz-uhm]
noun
1.
the idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
2.
a movement for or the idea or advocacy of close economic, cultural, and military cooperation among the Pan-American countries.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism; Pan-american + -ism
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Pan-americanism has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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Pan-American
 
adj
of, relating to, or concerning North, South, and Central America collectively or the advocacy of political or economic unity among American countries
 
'Pan-A'mericanism
 
n

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