pan-Serb

adjective

Pertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.

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Meanings

adjectivepan-Serb (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the unity of Serbs across the Balkan Peninsula; especially, adhering to cultural or political projects to further such unity.

    Jovanović, for one thing, was […] a senior pan-Serb activist with the classical career profile of an ultra-nationalist.

    2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 61
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    Ultimately, Nicholas aspired to a pan-Serb ideal, desiring nothing less than the resurrection of the medieval Serb empire with himself upon Dusan's throne.

    1983, John D Treadway, The Falcon and the Eagle, page 8

    As for Bosnian Serbs, they still focus on the alluring aspirations of a pan-Serb center, aspirations that are directly opposed to the unification of Bosnia.

    2003, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić, Sarajevo Essays, page 55

Origin

From pan- + Serb.

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APA

pan-Serb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-Serb

MLA

“pan-Serb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-Serb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pan-Serb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pan-Serb.

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