Atlanticism

//ætˈlæn.tɪˌsɪ.zəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations. uncountable

    "Dugin’s main argument in Foundations came straight from Haushofer’s pages: the need to thwart the conspiracy of “Atlanticism” led by the United States and NATO and aimed at containing Russia within successive geographic rings of newly independent states."

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"Dugin’s main argument in Foundations came straight from Haushofer’s pages: the need to thwart the conspiracy of “Atlanticism” led by the United States and NATO and aimed at containing Russia within successive geographic rings of newly independent states."

Etymology

From Atlantic + -ism, from the name of the Atlantic Ocean between the two continents.

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