Meaning of pan-nationalism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

uncountable

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.”

“Nationalism is sensitive to the limits of its own⟳ security, and tends to withdraw⟳ into its own⟳ borders at precisely that point⟳ when it fears for its sovereignty and when faced with the prospect of being absorbed into a larger pan-nationalism.”

“A brief overview of the three pan-nationalist trends of thought around African, Islamic, and Asian identities shows that pan-nationalism became possible as part of globalizing discourses during the high age of imperialism from the 1880s to the 1920s.”

CEFR level