 Urechia's main contribution was as an ideologue of the liberal current, and relates to his version of patriotism, called "românism" ("Romanianism").Seen by him as distinct from nationalism, it involved the ongoing promotion of a common spiritual identity among Romanians, a focus on popularizing local folklore, and a cultural version of Pan-Latinism.From early on, Urechia argued in favor of a federal Latin bloc to counter the threats of Pan-Slavism and Pan-Germanism.