belief in or advocacy of political unification and economic integration among European nations
Derived forms
Europeanist (ˌEuroˈpeanist)
adjective, noun
Europeanism in American English
(ˌjurəˈpiəˌnɪzəm, ˌjɜːr-)
noun
1.
European characteristics, ideas, methods, sympathies, etc.
2.
a European trait or practice
3.
belief in or advocacy of the unification of Europe
Word origin
[1820–30; european + -ism]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: analogue, boomerang, phonetic, takeoff, tetrapod-ism is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form action nounsfrom verbs (baptism). On this model, -ism is used as a productive suffix in the formation of nouns denoting action or practice,state or condition, principles, doctrines, a usage or characteristic, devotion oradherence, etc. (criticism; barbarism; Darwinism; despotism; plagiarism; realism; witticism; intellectualism)