pan-Europeanismn.
/ˌpanjʊərəˈpiːənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpanjɔːrəˈpiːənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌpænˌjʊrəˈpiəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˈˌpænˌjurəˈpiəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Close cooperation between the countries of Europe; advocacy of such cooperation. Also: possession of a pan-European outlook.
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1901 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 580/1 Englishmen laugh at Pan-Europeanism... What Napoleon could not effect against England, the Concert of Europe is hardly likely to effect against America.
1926 R. N. Coudenhove-Kalergi Pan-Europe v. 82 Pan-Americanism has a tremendous head-start on Pan-Europeanism.
1961 Guardian 9 June 8/6 The later Pan-Europeanism of this loneliest of poets [sc. Rilke].
1991 Twenty Twenty Spring 82/1 Whatever the Ridleys or the Thatchers of this country attempt to do to isolate Britain from encroaching pan-Europeanism, we will inevitably be drawn into a mêlée of cross-cultural fertilisation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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