| Americanism 1. (n.) A word or phrase peculiar to the United States. 2. (n.) Attachment to the United States. 3. (n.) A custom peculiar to the United States or to America; an American characteristic or idea. Thesaurus Entries Anglicism, Briticism, Frenchism, Gallicism, Hibernicism, Irishism, Latinism, Scotticism, Yankeeism, chauvinism, flag waving, jingoism, love of country, nationalism, nationality, overpatriotism, patriotics, patriotism, ultranationalism |