Associations to the word «Exceptionalism»

Wiktionary

EXCEPTIONALISM, noun. The state of being special, exceptional or unique
EXCEPTIONALISM, noun. The belief that a particular nation does not conform to an established norm
EXCEPTIONALISM, noun. A philosophy of prevention or of intervention

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky