Americanism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Americanism
    n 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
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Americanism \A*mer"i*can*ism\, n.
   1. Attachment to the United States.
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   2. A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an
      American characteristic or idea.
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   3. A word or phrase peculiar to the United States.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "Americanism":
      Anglicism, Briticism, Frenchism, Gallicism, Hibernicism, Irishism,
      Latinism, Scotticism, Yankeeism, chauvinism, flag waving, jingoism,
      love of country, nationalism, nationality, overpatriotism,
      patriotics, patriotism, ultranationalism
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