The ideology, practice, or advocacy of European political, economic, or cultural integration and unity, often associated with the European Union.
From 'European' + '-ism' (doctrine or movement); emerged primarily in the 20th century alongside movements for European integration and the creation of the European Union.
Europeanism as an idea is surprisingly young—the concept of unified Europe barely existed before WWII, but traumatized by two world wars, European thinkers suddenly imagined their continent as a single integrated project, a radical shift in identity and belonging.
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