Scandinavist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Scandinavianist (“supporter of Scandinavism”). alt-of, alternative, historical
"But far from being naïve Scandinavist ideologists, Blix et al. continually criticizes the utopian Scandinavists' talk of brotherhood and 'one culture', but also—and perhaps most importantly—made cultural separatism and provincialism, particularly in Norway, the object of crass satire."
- 2 Alternative form of Scandinavianist (“specialist in Scandinavian studies”). alt-of, alternative, jargon
"But his successor, Dr. Daniel B. Shumway, Professor of Germanic Philology and head of the German department, was just as staunch a Scandinavist as his predecessor."
- 1 Pertaining to Scandinavism. historical, not-comparable
"The "Scandinavist" movement aiming at greater intimacy between the three northern countries, made great progress during the war along political, scientific, and cultural lines and "Scandinavist" Congresses were held in each of the three capitals."
- 2 Pertaining to Scandinavian studies. jargon, not-comparable
"With him the pendulum is swinging away from the Germanist-Scandinavist tradition of the older generation as it is doing also in the University of Surrey [...]"
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More examples"But far from being naïve Scandinavist ideologists, Blix et al. continually criticizes the utopian Scandinavists' talk of brotherhood and 'one culture', but also—and perhaps most importantly—made cultural separatism and provincialism, particularly in Norway, the object of crass satire."
Etymology
For the ideology, from Scandinav(ism) + -ist; in the meaning scholar of Scandinavian studies, Scandinav(ia) + -ist with analogy with earlier Romanist, Germanist, Anglist; likely reinforced by German Skandinavist.
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