Pan-Slavism

[ pan-slah-viz-uhm, -slav-iz- ]

noun

the idea or advocacy of a political union of all the Slavic peoples.

Origin of Pan-Slavism

First recorded in 1840–50; pan- + Slavism

Other words from Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slav, Pan-Slavic, adjective

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How to use Pan-Slavism in a sentence

A very interesting Pan-Slavic conference held at Prague foreshadowed many of the territorial readjustments of 1919.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
Pan-Slavic, pan′-slav′ik, adj. pertaining to all the Slavic races.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
At one time the party which favored westernizing has prevailed at court; at another time the old Russian or pan-Slavic party.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
The pan-Slavic movement had its beginning in the help Russia had given these states in their revolt from Turkey.
A School History of the Great War | Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. Gerson
It is doubtful if either the Latin or the Pan-Slavic idea contains the promise of any great political unification.
Anticipations | Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavism

noun

(esp in the 19th century) the movement for the union of the Slavic peoples, esp under the hegemony of tsarist Russia

Derived forms of Pan-Slavism

Pan-Slavic, adjective

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