Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - A custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens; Loyalty to the USA and its institutions; An expression that is characteristic of English as spoken by people in the United States.

edit
Usage examples (32)
  • The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution are fundamental to Americanism.
  • If you were to ask me, anti-Americanism is bad politics in Canada.
  • One can hardly believe that Americanism is separated from them only by a stream.
  • Others are making a great ado with the word Americanism, a solemn and great word.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.