Americanism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Americanism \A*mer"i*can*ism\, n.
     1. Attachment to the United States.
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     2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an
        American characteristic or idea.


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     3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Americanism
       n 1: loyalty to the USA and its institutions
       2: an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by
          Americans
       3: a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its
          citizens

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "Americanism":
     Anglicism, Briticism, Frenchism, Gallicism, Hibernicism, Irishism,
     Latinism, Scotticism, Yankeeism, chauvinism, flag waving, jingoism,
     love of country, nationalism, nationality, overpatriotism,
     patriotics, patriotism, ultranationalism