atlanticism
/ætˈlæn.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/
atlanticism means A philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
atlanticism is pronounced /ætˈlæn.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/.
Why “atlanticism” is a great word
ATLANTICISM — [Noun] A political doctrine advocating for the deep integration and strategic alignment of Western Europe and North America, founded upon shared democratic values and institutional ties like NATO. From Atlantic (the ocean between the continents) + -ism (denoting a system or ideology). Unlike Eurasianism, which seeks a continental bloc defined by opposition to the West, or Europeanism, which prioritizes continental unity over transoceanic bonds, Atlanticism is an architecture of collective will across a salt-water divide. It is the hum of secure transatlantic cables, the coordinated naval patrols in foggy northern seas, and the weight of a treaty signed in a Washington spring that bound a shattered continent to a hesitant power. It is the belief that community is not dictated by geography, but built across it.
Etymology
From Atlantic + -ism, from the name of the Atlantic Ocean between the two continents.
noun
- A philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations.“Dugin’s main argument in Foundations came straight from Haushofer’s pages: the need to thwart the conspiracy of “Atlanticism” led by the United States and NATO and aimed at containing Russia within successive geographic rings of newly independent states.”