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Pan-Germanism

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\ ˈpan+ \
plural -s

Definition of Pan-Germanism

1 : a chiefly 19th century movement having as its principal aim the political union of all Germans
2 : a 20th century doctrine of German racial superiority and world domination by stages of imperial expansion

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History and Etymology for Pan-Germanism

French pangermanisme (translation of German alldeutschtum), from pan- + germanisme Germanism, from Germanie Germany (from Latin Germania land occupied by the Germanic peoples in western Europe in Roman times) + -isme -ism

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“Pan-Germanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pan-Germanism. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.

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