pan-Teutonismn.
/panˈtjuːtənɪz(ə)m/, /panˈtʃuːtənɪz(ə)m/, /panˈtjuːtn̩ɪz(ə)m/, /panˈtʃuːtn̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /pænˈt(j)utnˌɪz(ə)m/ Now rare (chiefly historical).
The idea or principle of a union of all the Germanic peoples.
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pan-Germanism1850
pan-Teutonism1855
1855 Globe 24 Nov. 2/2 The ‘Pan-Teutonism’ of Arndt and Gervinus in effect plays into the hands of the ‘Pan-slavism’ of the sedulous and artful propagandists of the counter-creed of Russian preponderance in Eastern Europe.
1864 Times 27 July 12/4 It is well, I believe, that the world should accustom itself to the notion of this Panslavism, Pan-Teutonism, and Pan-Latinism.
1877 E. Dowden in Contemp. Rev. 29 364 At a period when on the continent of Europe the idea of nationality—unity of Italy, pan-Teutonism, pan-Slavism.
1894 E. P. Evans in Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 306 Germany has long since outgrown the swaddling-clout of Panteutonism.
1917 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 622 He is the author of pan-Hellenism, a thing which corresponded in many details with what we now call pan-Teutonism.
1994 Independent (Nexis) 4 Sept. 16 Pan-nationalism is as highly charged a bogey-word as, say, pan-teutonism was..a hundred years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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