Slavism

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

noun
  1. something that is native to, characteristic of, or associated with the Slavs or Slavic.

Origin of Slavism

1
First recorded in 1875–85; Slav + -ism

Words Nearby Slavism

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How to use Slavism in a sentence

  • Pan-Slavism, which was dominating the Russian policy to an ever greater degree, had positive anti-German tendencies.

  • Pan-Slavism or Pan-Germanism, based upon a racial bond, would be a far more significant political idea.

    The Promise Of American Life | Herbert David Croly
  • It was made to elect between pan-Slavism and pan-capitalism.

    After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
  • And he was as strongly repelled by Dostoevsky's shrieking Pan-Slavism as by his sensationalism among horrors.

    Old and New Masters | Robert Lynd
  • Besides, all this Slavism and nationalism is too old to be new.

    The Possessed | Fyodor Dostoevsky

British Dictionary definitions for Slavism

Slavism

/ (ˈslɑːvɪzəm) /


noun
  1. anything characteristic of, peculiar to, or associated with the Slavs or the Slavonic languages

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