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Pan-A•mer•i•can•ism
(pan′ə mer′i kə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmentthe idea or advocacy of a political alliance or union of all the countries of North, Central, and South America.
- a movement for or the idea or advocacy of close economic, cultural, and military cooperation among the Pan-American countries.
- Pan-american + -ism 1900–05, American.