americanism

Noun

Meaning

Attachment to the United States.

A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea.

A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

nationalism yankeeism American culture american character expression label formulation patriotism jargon mantra jingoism briticism anglicism Usonianism american ideology
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Antonyms

anti-Americanism

Hypernyms

usage expression custom formulation nationalism patriotism

Related terms

Americanist

Examples

Americanism has a weird obsession with vague notions of “law and order.” Source: Internet

Carnegie, Americanism Versus Imperialism, esp. pp. 12–13 This act strongly impressed the other American anti-imperialists, who soon elected him vice-president of the Anti-Imperialist League. Source: Internet

But it was the synthesizing of all his influences and inclinations which create the "Americanism" of his music. Source: Internet

Many conservatives saw Hall as a threat to America, with J. Edgar Hoover describing him as "a powerful, deceitful, dangerous foe of Americanism ". Source: Internet

In Rediscovering Americanism, Mark R. Levin revisits the founders’ warnings about the perils of overre. Source: Internet

This was the final element of the foundation upon which the early folk music revivalists constructed their own view of Americanism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Americanisation Americanise Americaniser Americanist Americanistic Americanistically