Pan-arabism

//panˈaɹəbɪz(ə)m// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The belief in unification of the peoples and countries of the Arab World. uncountable

    "in schools set up widely across the country the values of Arabic as a language, of Algeria as a national entity and of pan-Arabism as an ideal were pressed home with considerable effect."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of pan-Arabism. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

Example

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"Before pan-Arabism, which arose in the 20th century, it was not common to refer to everyone who spoke Arabic as Arab. Among some peoples, it is still controversial."

Etymology

From pan- + Arabism.

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