Germandom

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German +‎ -dom.

Noun[edit]

Germandom (uncountable)

  1. Essentially German qualities or attributes; Germanness.
    • 2005, Thomas Lekan, Thomas Zeller, Germany's Nature:
      In other words, forest-mindedness was presented as a defining racial element of Germandom.
    • 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 352:
      There are some grim photos of Hotler, Bormann and others complacently surveying this citadel of Germandom from the charismatic Old Bridge across the River Drava.