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pan-africanism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
pan-african-ism
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sociopolitical movement seeking to unify people of ancestral African ethnicities (in Africa and in diasporas) into a global community.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Pan-Africanism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From pan- + African + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Panafricanism (alternative)

Phrases

Pan-Africanist Black liberation

Frequently Paired Words

Afrocentrism Black liberation Garveyism Mugabeism Nkrumaism Consciencism Sankarism

Questions

What does pan-africanism mean?
A sociopolitical movement seeking to unify people of ancestral African ethnicities (in Africa and in diasporas) into a global community.
Where does pan-africanism come from?
From pan- + African + -ism.

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