Americanist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Somebody who favors the values of the USA.

    "He’s [JD Vance] creating a fake position—that Americanists should be built on nothing but fealty to the Declaration of Independence—in order to argue his real position: that Americanists should have nothing to do with the ideals and the Declaration of Independence."

  2. 2
    An expert in the study of America.
  3. 3
    A proponent of the Americanist phonetic notation.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Favoring the values of the USA.
  2. 2
    Of or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See Americanist phonetic notation.

Example

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"He’s [JD Vance] creating a fake position—that Americanists should be built on nothing but fealty to the Declaration of Independence—in order to argue his real position: that Americanists should have nothing to do with the ideals and the Declaration of Independence."

Etymology

From American + -ist.

Related phrases

native american

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