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America First

America First proper noun: a series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.

Proper noun

America First

  1. (US) A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.
    • The State Department, implementing an executive order from President Donald Trump, described the purpose of the halt as ensuring that foreign aid is “efficient and consistent with U.S. foreign policy under the America First agenda” and announced it would review all aid programs to determine which...2025 February 7, Andrew Natsios, “Don't Gut USAID”, in Foreign Affairs, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2025

Origin of America First

First used by the Know-Nothings in the 1850s. Later promoted by President Woodrow Wilson in the context of a neutral America in World War I (1916). Re-popularized during the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.

Words formed from America First

Questions about America First

What does America First mean?
America First means a series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.
What part of speech is America First?
America First is a proper noun.

Words near America First in the dictionary

  1. Ameretat
  2. Amerexit
  3. Ameriboo
  4. America
  5. America at home
  6. America First
  7. America Firster
  8. America Firsters
  9. America's Cup
  10. America's Dairyland
  11. America's Hat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: America First (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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