Word.ws English Dictionary

transatlanticism

transatlanticism noun: the relationship between Britain and America, especially in literature and culture, traditionally based upon a shared history, a common language, shared principles of legal philosophy, a commonality of religious beliefs, and kinship ties.

Noun

transatlanticism (uncountable)

  1. The relationship between Britain and America, especially in literature and culture, traditionally based upon a shared history, a common language, shared principles of legal philosophy, a commonality of religious beliefs, and kinship ties.
    Synonyms:
    U.S. & U.K. Special Relationship
  2. (broadly) An ideology which advocates a close economic, political and military alliance between certain nations in North America, particularly the United States and Canada, and those of Western Europe.
    Synonyms:
    Atlanticism

Synonyms of transatlanticism

Origin of transatlanticism

From transatlantic + -ism. By surface analysis, trans- + atlant- + -ic + -ism.

Questions about transatlanticism

What does transatlanticism mean?
Transatlanticism means the relationship between Britain and America, especially in literature and culture, traditionally based upon a shared history, a common language, shared principles of legal philosophy, a commonality of religious beliefs, and kinship ties.
What part of speech is transatlanticism?
Transatlanticism is a noun.

Words near transatlanticism in the dictionary

  1. transarticularly
  2. transasiatic
  3. transat
  4. transatlantic
  5. transatlantically
  6. transatlanticism
  7. transatrial
  8. transats
  9. transaudient
  10. transaural
  11. transauricular

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: transatlanticism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “transatlanticism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/transatlanticism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.