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Germanism   Listen
noun
Germanism  n.  
1.
An idiom of the German language.
2.
A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism.





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"Germanism" Quotes from Famous Books



... Siemens-Schukert, and so forth, all of which have proved their serviceability more or less conclusively. But in the somewhat constricted Teuton mind the Zeppelin and the Zeppelin only represents the ultima Thule of aerial navigation and the means for asserting the universal character of Pan-Germanism as well ...
— Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War • Frederick A. Talbot
... when she was keyed up to protest Lady Webling discharged Fraeulein Ernst for her pro-Germanism and engaged an English nurse. Another day Lady Webling asked her to go on a visit to a hospital. There she lavished tenderness on the British wounded and ignored the German. How could Marie Louise suspect her of being anti-British? Another time when Marie Louise ...
— The Cup of Fury - A Novel of Cities and Shipyards • Rupert Hughes


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