Pan-asianism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An ideology aimed at creating a political and economic unity among Asian peoples. uncountable

    "Obviously, it would be an oversimplification to argue that the ideology of pan-Asianism caused Japan’s expansionism, as the ideology itself developed together with Japan’s expansionist policies."

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"Obviously, it would be an oversimplification to argue that the ideology of pan-Asianism caused Japan’s expansionism, as the ideology itself developed together with Japan’s expansionist policies."

Etymology

From pan-Asian + -ism.

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