exceptionalist

Examples

• All

• Add to these tendencies America's pride—its exceptionalist pride concerning its history of production.

  Academic text (1998)

• The argument I advance in my book is that U.S. opposition to the Court ultimately stems from this exceptionalist position.

  Blog text (26)

• United States had a kind of identity, what we call today, an exceptionalist identity that made it want to define the future of the world.

  ReasonTV

• They both spring from the same exceptionalist impulse, a deep well of American mistrust about the rest of the world, especially Europe.

  Academic text (2002)

• Whitman understood the stakes in this exceptionalist view of the nation to be fateful.

  Academic text (2007)

• Whether those people want to own up to the American exceptionalist viewpoint, which rather transparently drives their argument,

  Blog text (26)

• Many historians argue that the United States has an exceptionalist perspective that sets it apart from other nations.

• Her exceptionalist beliefs led her to proudly advocate for her country's unique role in global affairs.

• The politician's speech reflected an exceptionalist view, emphasizing how his country is superior to others.

Synonyms

E

elitist

vsexceptionalist

37 7.0

Believing some people are better and should get special treatment

applies superiority to a whole country rather than social groups

E

ethnocentric

vsexceptionalist

• Offensive

2 8.5

Thinking one's own people or culture are better than others

focuses on a country being unique or superior instead

U

ultranationalist

vsexceptionalist

• Literature

2 8.9

Very patriotic and often hostile to other countries

believes a country is unique or superior without urging aggression

Antonyms

C

conformist

6 5.7

A person who follows rules and usual ways instead of trying new ideas

O

ordinary

4 2.0

A person or thing that is not special

How Superior

exceptionalist

1 8.9

egalitarian

20 7.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology