Europeanismn.
/ˌjʊərəˈpiːənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌjɔːrəˈpiːənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌjərəˈpiəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌjʊrəˈpiəˌnɪz(ə)m/ 1. A trait, lifestyle, or attitude peculiar to or characteristic of Europe or Europeans; European ideas, culture, or behaviour. Also: a tendency to adopt European ways.
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1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 518 Every nation that has suffered a great moral convulsion, has become resolved into the primitive characters of simple manhood, at least of Europeanism.
1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 67 Orientals drawn by an European are always likely to have an unnatural tinge of Europeanism, in their modes of thought and action.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Oct. To eat alone and à la carte is known as living on ‘the European system’, and you are mulcted for your Europeanism accordingly.
1865 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 512 The Maories are suffering now from a surfeit of Europeanism.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 July 3/1 For a European to write of modern Hinduism is much as though a native of India were to write of modern Europeanism or modern Christianity.
1904 J. Conrad Nostromo i. vii. 75 A great man of another sort,..who piqued himself on his culture and Europeanism generally in a rather French style.
1957 P. Worsley Trumpet shall Sound x. 216 His rituals included various Europeanisms.
1960 W. E. H. Stanner in J. B. Casagrande Company of Man iii. 86 There were signs of antipathy in him towards Europeanism and a deepening attachment to the old aboriginal ways.
1993 F. H. W. Tesfagiorgis in S. M. James & A. P. A. Busia Theorizing Black Feminisms xv. 258 They reinforce the ongoing devaluation of Afro-American art from the beginning of an art history which is grounded in the cultural hegemony of Europeanism.
2. The ideal of a unified Europe; support for or advocacy of this ideal; spec. support for the European Union and its predecessors (see European adj. 5b).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > customs union or common market > specific > support for spec.
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1926 tr. R. N. Coudenhove-Kalergi Pan-Europe v. 82 Pan-Americanism has a tremendous head-start on Pan-Europeanism.]
1932 P. Cohen-Portheim Discov. of Europe ii. vi. 154 I have exposed my idea of what a European union means by giving my idea of Europe, but I am quite prepared to learn that there are other criteria of Europeanism.
1957 G. A. Almond in H. Speier & W. P. Davison W. German Leadership & Foreign Policy vi. 233 There is a kind of ‘cryptonationalist’ Europeanism, a belief that German economic and political dominance may be attained through European integration.
1962 Queen's Q. (Canada) Spring 2 Whatever one's apprehensions about..Europeanism, it is necessary to recognise..an inclination to reconciliation.
1966 New Society 23 June 6/3 Those in favour of joining [the EEC] were then asked..why they wanted to join... ‘Europeanism’ was specified by only 6 per cent.
1972 Times 4 Aug. 2/2 Few Westminster politicians believe Mr. Taverne could win Lincoln on Europeanism in a by-election.
1984 Listener 2 Aug. 34/1 Why now, with Europeanism at such a low ebb, and the Common Market so afflicted with economic blight?
2000 J. C. Maclennan Spain & Process of European Integration vi. 155 Europeanism had been synonymous with democracy and it could contribute to lessen the Francoist image that was so damaging to the party's popularity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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