Americanism

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Etymology

American +‎ -ism

Noun

Americanism (countable and uncountable; plural Americanisms)

1. A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
2. A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American language usage.

   However, the -ize spelling is now rarely used in the UK in the mass media and newspapers, and is hence often incorrectly regarded as an Americanism.

3. A preference to the United States and the ideas it represents.

Antonyms

• (word specific to American usage): Briticism
• (preference for the U.S.): anti-Americanism

Synonyms

• Usonianism

Related terms

• Americanist

Translations

custom

Finnish: amerikanismi (fi)

linguistic feature

Croatian: amerikanizam (hr) m. Dutch: amerikanisme n. Finnish: amerikanismi (fi) French: américanisme (fr) German: Amerikanismus (de) m.

Korean: 미어 (mieo) Russian: американизм (ru) (am'erikanízm) m. Spanish: americanismo (es) m. Swedish: amerikanism (sv) c.

preference

Finnish: amerikkalaismielisyys French: américanisme (fr)

Swedish: amerikanism (sv) c.

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Latin: americanismus

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