Ottomanism
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A nation-building ideology, put forward in the late days of the Ottoman Empire, that afforded equal status to Muslims and non-Muslims.
"Over the course of Seferberlik, the immense hardships and Istanbul's heavy-handed administration could very well have disillusioned Arabs who had been loyal to the ideals of Ottomanism."
Example
More examples"Over the course of Seferberlik, the immense hardships and Istanbul's heavy-handed administration could very well have disillusioned Arabs who had been loyal to the ideals of Ottomanism."
Etymology
From Ottoman + -ism.
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