Atlanticistn.adj.
/ətˈlantᵻsɪst/, /atˈlantᵻsɪst/, U.S. /ətˈlæn(t)əˌsəst/, /ætˈlæn(t)əˌsəst/ A. n.† 1. An inhabitant of a country situated on or near the coast of the North Atlantic; an inhabitant of a European or North American country. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > [noun]
Roumia1576
European1578
Feringhee1634
topi-wallah1826
continental1828
continentalist1834
Dutchman1857
Atlanticist1885
roundeye1955
mainland European1975
Euro1980
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > [noun]
North American1765
transatlanticist1844
Atlanticist1885
1885 School of Mines Q. Oct. 90 We Atlanticists, the one-sixth portion of our earth's inhabitants, consequently accomplish..more than four times as much as the others possibly can.
2. A supporter or advocate of close military, economic, and political cooperation between Europe and North America, or a European and North American country; spec. a supporter of NATO (see NATO n.).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance > specific alliances > supporters of
Triplicist1923
Atlanticist1946
NATOist1966
transatlanticist1969
1946 ‘R. Ingrim’ After Hitler Stalin? xxvi. 231 Are the Atlanticists willing to pay this price? It would be surprising so soon after the war.
1991 Economist 14 Sept. 43/1 The intermittent debate between Atlanticists and Pacificists in the United States about which way the country should face is resuming.
2009 Daily Tel. 5 Oct. 26/6 For all his faults, Tony Blair is an Atlanticist, who understands the vital role of America in the world.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or advocating close military, economic, and political cooperation between Europe and North America, or a European and North American country.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [adjective] > relating to alliance > relating to specific alliance
European1714
Atlantic1931
Atlanticist1957
Monrovia1961
1957 P. Maitland Task for Giants 281 One of the fallacies running through much Atlanticist thought has been the belief that it is NATO which called into being the sense of common purpose in the West: in fact it was the reverse.
1965 Guardian 16 Oct. 8/1 The Strauss–Adenauer opposition..has been trying to secure the replacement of Herr Schroeder by someone with a less pro-American, or Atlanticist, attitude.
2010 Independent 27 Oct. 27/2 The audience..[was] rich in frontline military..experience, and of an age to be Atlanticist by temperament.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1885