transatlanticism

transatlanticism · noun — the relationship between Britain and America, especially in literature and culture, traditionally based upon a shared history, a common language, shared principles of legal philosophy, a commonality of religious beliefs, and kinship ties. It carries an Arena rating of 1147, earned across 81 head-to-head judged battles.

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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, transatlanticism ranks #639 of 17,130 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,983 of 17,151 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #5,634 of 17,187 for Most Malleable Words, #7,516 of 17,163 for Most Sublime Words.

Why “transatlanticism” is a great word

TRANSATLANTICISM — [Noun] The doctrine and systematic practice of deep, multifaceted interconnection—political, military, economic, and cultural—between North America and Western Europe. From transatlantic (from trans- ("across") + Atlantic (pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean)) + -ism (denoting a distinctive doctrine, system, or practice). First attested in 1858. Unlike "Atlanticism," which can narrow to the NATO alliance, or "isolationism," which advocates a retreat from foreign entanglements, transatlanticism is the commitment to conscious, cultivated integration. It is the hum of the teleprinter in a wartime operations room, the invisible architecture of tariffs and treaties, and the shared cadence in a post-war novel—a sustained project to render the ocean a conduit, not a barricade.

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Etymology

From transatlantic + -ism. By surface analysis, trans- + atlant- + -ic + -ism.

noun

The relationship between Britain and America, especially in literature and culture, traditionally based upon a shared history, a common language, shared principles of legal philosophy, a commonality of religious beliefs, and kinship ties.
An ideology which advocates a close economic, political and military alliance between certain nations in North America, particularly the United States and Canada, and those of Western Europe.

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Words closest in meaning

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atlanticism 72% match — A philosophy of cooperation among Western European and North American nations. vs transatlanticism →
atlanticist 61% match — A supporter of Atlanticism. vs transatlanticism →
atlantist 57% match — a supporter of Atlanticism vs transatlanticism →
transnationalism 56% match — The phenomenon, or the analytical view, that people's activities and cultures transcend national boundaries and, in at least some ways albeit not others, national sovereignty. vs transatlanticism →
hispanoamericanism 55% match — The philosophical and political doctrines that tend towards the unification of all the nations of Hispanic America, specifically those countries that formed part of the Spanish Empire including Spain itself. vs transatlanticism →
transmigrationism 54% match — The belief that the soul of a person passes into another body after death. vs transatlanticism →
cisatlantic 54% match — Situated on the same side of the Atlantic Ocean. vs transatlanticism →
continentalism 53% match — The adoption of common policies amongst the countries of a particular continent, especially continental Europe. vs transatlanticism →