Definitions for Americanism

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Americanism A·mer·i·can·ism

Spelling: [uh-mer-i-kuh-niz-uh m]

IPA: /əˈmɛr ɪ kəˌnɪz əm/

Americanism is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 791 anagrams from letters in Americanism (aaceiimmnrs).

Definitions for Americanism

noun

1. a custom, trait, belief, etc., peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens.
2. a word, phrase, or other language feature that is especially characteristic of the English language as spoken or written in the U.S. such a word or phrase first recorded in American Engish.
3. devotion to or preference for the U.S. and its institutions.

Origin of Americanism

First recorded in 1775-85; American + -ism

Examples for Americanism

Americanism as typified by Claude Leslie is a new revelation.

The use of the verb to locate in the sense of to settle is said to be an Americanism.

To use a beautiful Americanism, we may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.

Americanism, whatever else it may be, must be a practical Americanism.

If a thing is to be recommended which cannot be justified, it is put under "Americanism."

This is usually called an Americanism, but is a very old sea-term.

If there is any document of Americanism, it is the Declaration of Independence.

Whether an Americanism or not, it would seem to be quite unobjectionable.

The use of this adjective as a substantive is said to be an Americanism.

The tyranny is greatest in regard to "American" and "Americanism."