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Scandinavianist

Scandinavianist noun: a supporter of Scandinavianism.

Noun

Scandinavianist (plural Scandinavianists)

  1. (historical) A supporter of Scandinavianism.
    • In several songs to Poland Snoilsky gave vent to his sympathy. And finally he dedicates poems full of poetic fervor to Denmark, which was engaged in a war with Germany in 1864-65. Snoilsky was, as nearly all Swedes at the time, a Scandinavianist.1907, H. E. Larsson, “Swedish Literature. During the Period 1865-1890.”, in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, volume 6, number 4, →JSTOR, page 695
    • (rare)
  2. (jargon, humanities) A specialist in Scandinavian studies.
    • The lists of new members published regularly in our notes sections do not indicate that very many of the men and women in the field are making determined efforts to increase our membership. Cooperative efforts—say, at the rate of five new members per active Scandinavianist plus our treasurer's fine...1962, Walter Johnson, “Managing Editor's Report”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 34, number 3, →JSTOR, page 213
    • Seip presented arguments of four kinds to prove that this antecedent manuscript was of Norwegian origin. [...] There was an immediate rejoinder from the well-known German Scandinavianist, Hans Kuhn, to the effect that examples of similar Norvagisms could be found also in other Icelandic manuscripts.1963, Lee M. Hollander, “Recent Work and Views on the Poetic Edda”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 35, number 2, →JSTOR, page 107
    Synonyms:
    Scandinavist

Adjective

Scandinavianist (not comparable)

  1. (historical) Pertaining to Scandinavianism.
    • Frederik VI and most Danes accepted the election of Christian August with fairly good grace. Yet even the Prince's opponents considered Scandinavianist solutions as well.1970, H. Arnold Barton, “The Swedish Succession Crises of 1809 and 1810, and the Question of Scandinavian Union”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 42, number 3, →JSTOR, page 322
    • The reaction of Danish Scandinavianist and business circles was to pressure their government for the formation of a Danish-Swedish customs union which Norway coud join later.1975, Toivo Miljan, “Problems of Nordic Integration.”, in International Journal, volume 30, number 4, →DOI, page 719
  2. (jargon, humanities) Pertaining to Scandinavian studies.
    • Holders of an M.A. degree who entered the title of their thesis will find that it has been listed, as there is no reason to believe that such research is without interest for the general North American Scandinavist community.1975, Donald E. Askey, Gene G. Gage, Robert T. Rovinsky, “The Humanities”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 47, number 2, →JSTOR, pages 151-152

Examples of Scandinavianist in a sentence

  • Cooperative efforts—say, at the rate of five new members per active Scandinavianist plus our treasurer's fine efforts to increase our library subscriptions—would solve the financial problem.1962, Walter Johnson, “Managing Editor's Report”, in Scandinavian Studies, volume 34, number 3, →JSTOR, page 213:
  • Although the work does not pretend to be a scholarly contribution per se, it is doubtful that any Scandinavianist could not profit by studying this momentous (à la an Enc.1964, Svein Øksenholt, “Dagligliv i Danmark i det nittende og tyvende århundrede. Vol. 1, by A. Steensberg [Book Review]”, in Scandinavian...
  • What a Scandinavianist, on the other hand, can learn from this book about the history, the manufacture, and the study of maps is no less worthy of remark.1966, Erik Wahlgren, “The Vinland Map and the Tartar Relation, by R. A. Skelton, T. E. Marston, G. D. Painter, & A. O. Vietor [Book...
  • In Sweden, the dissolution of the union with Norway in 1905, combined with awakening Scandinavianist political sentiments, contributed to an inward focus on the Swedish nation.2021, Anna Källén, Johan Hegardt, “The Archaeologist In-Between: Olov Janse, 1892–1985”, in Between France and Sweden (1919–1929)...

Synonyms of Scandinavianist

Forms of Scandinavianist

pluralScandinavianists
alternative formScandinavist

Origin of Scandinavianist

For the ideology, from Scandinav(ism) + -ist; in the meaning scholar of Scandinavian studies, Scandinavian + -ist with analogy with earlier Romanicist, Germanicist, Anglicist; likely reinforced by German Skandinavist.

Questions about Scandinavianist

What does Scandinavianist mean?
Scandinavianist means a supporter of Scandinavianism.
How do you use Scandinavianist in a sentence?
Cooperative efforts—say, at the rate of five new members per active Scandinavianist plus our treasurer's fine efforts to increase our library subscriptions—would solve the financial problem.
What part of speech is Scandinavianist?
Scandinavianist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Scandinavianist?
The plural of Scandinavianist is Scandinavianists.

Words near Scandinavianist in the dictionary

  1. Scandinavian padlocks
  2. Scandinavian Peninsula
  3. Scandinavian studies
  4. Scandinavianism
  5. Scandinavianisms
  6. Scandinavianist
  7. Scandinavianization
  8. Scandinavianizations
  9. Scandinavianize
  10. Scandinavianized
  11. Scandinavianizes

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