Americanism

1. A custom, trait, or tradition originating in the United States.
2. A word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of English as it is spoken in the United States.
3. Allegiance to the United States and its customs and institutions.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: loyalty to the USA and its institutions

Meaning #2: an expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans

Meaning #3: a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens

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Americanism may refer to:

• Americanisation
• A word or phrase considered typical of American English, English as spoken in the United States
• An attitude or conviction which gives special importance to the nation or culture of the United States
• Americanism (heresy), heresies that were thought to have been held by American Catholics at the turn of the 20th century
• Anything, such as a custom, particular to or characteristic of the Americas, and especially of the United States
• "Americanism", a song by MxPx from their album Teenage Politics.

See also

• American exceptionalism

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