Pan-nationalism

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Nationalism that transcends traditional (historical) national identities or boundaries (such as borders) in order to create a single, unified identity. uncountable

    "Consequently, though Russia must ultimately recover—and, organized and officered by Germans, her recovery may well be rapid—the immediate future in Central Asia and the Middle East would appear to lie at least as much with Islamic pan-nationalism as with Bolshevism."

Example

More examples

"Consequently, though Russia must ultimately recover—and, organized and officered by Germans, her recovery may well be rapid—the immediate future in Central Asia and the Middle East would appear to lie at least as much with Islamic pan-nationalism as with Bolshevism."

Etymology

From pan- + nationalism.

More for "pan-nationalism"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.