Definitions for Americanism
əˈmɛr ɪ kəˌnɪz əmamer·i·can·ism

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanismnoun

   loyalty to the United States and its institutions

2. Americanismnoun

   an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans

3. Americanismnoun

   a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanismnoun

   A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.

2. Americanismnoun

   A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American language usage.

   However, the -ize spelling is now rarely used in the UK in the mass media and newspapers, and is hence often incorrectly regarded as an Americanism.

3. Americanismnoun

   A preference to the United States and the ideas it represents.

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1. americanism

   Americanism refers to the customs, characteristics, behaviors, culture, or ideologies originating from or associated with the United States. It can also refer to a word, phrase, or expression that originated in the United States or is used predominantly by Americans. In political context, Americanism may refer to the patriotic values, beliefs, and loyalty towards the United States.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanismnoun

   attachment to the United States

2. Americanismnoun

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

3. Americanismnoun

   a word or phrase peculiar to the United States

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Americanism

   Coined in the nineteenth century, in Roman Catholic use the term Americanism referred to a group of related heresies which were defined as the endorsement of the separation of church and state. It was thought that these doctrines were held by and taught by many members of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States in the 1890s. Catholic leaders in the U.S., however, denied that they held these views. The Americanist heresy is characterized as an insistence upon individual initiative which the Vatican judged to be incompatible with what was considered to be a fundamental principle of Catholicism: obedience to authority. Moreover, the conservatives were anti-republicans who distrusted and disliked the democratic ideas that were dominant in America. Pope Leo XIII wrote against these ideas in his encyclical Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae to Cardinal James Gibbons. In 1898, Leo XIII lamented an America where church and state are "dissevered and divorced" and wrote of his preference for a closer relationship between the Catholic Church and the State along European lines. The long-term result was that the Irish Catholics who largely controlled the Catholic Church in the United States increasingly demonstrated their total loyalty to the Pope, and traces of liberal thought in the Catholic colleges were suppressed. Bottom it was a cultural conflict, as the conservative Europeans were specs stated by the heavy attacks on the Catholic church in Germany, France and other countries, and did not appreciate the active individualism self-confidence and optimism of the American church.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Americanism

   A coined word or phrase in the United States which, freely repeated, tickles the popular ear and soon becomes engrafted upon the national vocabulary. Many Americanisms are now as common in England as in the land of their origin. The term may also be applied to such American deviations from British custom, as the substitution of “Depot” for Railway Station, “News-stand” for Bookstall, “On the street” for “In the street,” etc. etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Custom
   • Formulation
   • Patriotism

Anagrams for Americanism »

1. minicameras

How to pronounce Americanism?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Americanism in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Americanism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Americanism in a Sentence

1. Theodore Roosevelt:

   Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihoodthe virtues that made America. The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

2. James Green:

   I don't think they see that as in their interests, and are worried that anti-Americanism becomes anti-regime very quickly.

3. Vice President Joe Biden:

   If we build walls and disrespect our neighbors, we will quickly see all this progress evaporating, replaced by a return of anti-Americanism, a corrosive rift throughout our hemisphere.

4. Henry Miller:

   Perhaps I am still very much of an American. That is to say, na?ve, optimistic, gullible. In the eyes of a European, what am I but an American to the core, an American who exposes his Americanism like a sore. Like it or not, I am a product of this land of plenty, a believer in superabundance, a believer in miracles.

5. Josef Schuster:

   I’m afraid that anti-Americanism, anti-Israel sentiment, and anti-Semitism will be on the rise, we have very limited educational tools to change that. Syria is one of the most anti-Israel countries, influenced by Iran and helped by Hezbollah.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Americanism
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Americanism
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Americanism
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Americanism
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Americanism