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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Scandinavism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Scandinavia + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of Scandinavianism.
    • With the Eidsvoll Constitution of 1814, Norway had gained a radically free and democratic constitution that many national-liberals felt was worth imitating. Scandinavism gained support, and a Norwegian–Swedish expeditionary force was formed to support Denmark in the 1848 war against Prussia, but it never actually engaged in combat. 2015, Johan Strang, Nordic Cooperation: A European Region in Transition, page 113:

Forms

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Scandinavisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Scandinavist