Associations to the word «Americanism»

Wiktionary

AMERICANISM, noun. A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
AMERICANISM, noun. A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American language usage.
AMERICANISM, noun. A preference to the United States and the ideas it represents.

Dictionary definition

AMERICANISM, noun. Loyalty to the United States and its institutions.
AMERICANISM, noun. An expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by Americans.
AMERICANISM, noun. A custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin