Yankeedom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The region inhabited by Yankees. uncountable
  2. 2
    The condition, state, sphere, or influence of Yankees or of being a Yankee. uncountable

    "Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom."

  3. 3
    Yankees collectively. uncountable

Example

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"Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom."

Etymology

From Yankee + -dom.

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