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Americanism

Americanism

3 6.4
Strong loyalty to the United States and its institutions
  • noun
  • /əˈmɛrɪkənɪzəm/
translation icon : patriotismo
  • Ironically, they asked him to promote Americanism around the world, and for the State Department.
  • 100% Americanism
  • true Americanism
  • percent Americanism

So I got this award for the VFW called the Americanism Award.

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Examples

  • How can he question my Americanism?

    Academic text (1997)

  • Americanism is not a matter of birth; Americanism is a matter of faith, of consecration to the ideals of America.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I guess I just do not see the Americanism in his speech.

    Blog text (7)

  • And I believe in Americanism.

    Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

  • All is normal; the GOP is still the party of 21st century Americanism.

    Blog text (29)

  • But its effects, especially on the emerging public understanding of "true" Americanism, were profound and long-lasting.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There were demands for patriotic assemblies in the schools and more "Americanism" in the civic education curriculum.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The essence of Americanism derives, moreover, from the rationalism of the European Enlightenment.

    Academic text (1998)

  • In the parlance of the day, they insisted upon their "Americanism." In doing so, their vocabulary bore striking similarity to that of their attackers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • In schools, we teach our children the values of Americanism to help them understand what their country stands for.

Synonyms

patriotism
vsAmericanism
90 3.8

Strong love and support for your country, often shown by helping or defending it

focuses on loyalty to the United States and its institutions rather than love
loyalism
vsAmericanism
7.5

Support for a government or ruler, especially during conflict

covers loyalty to the United States and its institutions broadly, not only during conflict

How Loyal

jingoism
3 9.5
patriotism
90 3.8
Americanism
3 6.4
allegiance
155 5.6

Surface Forms

Americanism singular
Americanisms plural

Morphology

Americanism = American (semi-transparent) = American + ism

The morphological formation is regular, but the ideological sense 'loyalty to the United States' is a semantic extension that may not be directly inferable from the adjective alone.

Etymology

Americanism combines American with the ending -ism, and here -ism means 'a belief or loyalty'. Since American points to America, named after the explorer Amerigo, Americanism can mean loyalty to the United States and its institutions.