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AMERICANISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Americanism mean?
• AMERICANISM (noun)
The noun AMERICANISM has 3 senses:
1. loyalty to the United States 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
Familiarity information: AMERICANISM used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Loyalty to the United States and its institutions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("Americanism" is a kind of...):
nationalism; patriotism (love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Americanism" is a kind of...):
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Americanism" is a kind of...):
Context examples
To use an Americanism, he had "taken no chances," and the absolute accuracy with which his instructions were fulfilled, was simply the logical result of his care.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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