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Usonianism

Usonianism noun: a custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.

Noun

Usonianism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.
    • That Ulibarri sees the Ecuadorean Indian as too burdened by a tradition of dehumanizing servitude is perhaps more revealing of his deep-seated Usonianism than of the Indians' real character.1995, Bruce-Novoa, “Through the Eye of the Condor: The Limitless Horizons of Literary Space”, in María Duke dos Santos, Patricia De la Fuente, editors, Sabine R. Ulibarrí, page 98
    Synonyms:
    Americanism
  2. (rare) A preference for the US and the ideas it represents.
    • Already in the early process of developing a Usonian nationalist ideology, or Usonianism, […]2003, José F. Buscaglia-Salgado, Undoing Empire: Race and Nation in the Mulatto Caribbean, page 22
  3. (rare) The philosophical ideal of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian architecture.
    • Broadacres was the ultimate landscape combining the best of the cities and the country, organicism, decentralization and usonianism.1979, American Society for Environmental History, Environmental Review, page 21
    • "Usonianism," an architectural style that articulated Frank Lloyd Wright's social and economic principles of "usonian democracy," […]2002, April 15, “Frank Lloyd Wright's "Usonianism" Will Be Explored in Talk Sponsored by UB Art History Department”, in NewsCenter, State University of New York at Buffalo

Synonyms of Usonianism

Origin of Usonianism

From Usonian + -ism.

Questions about Usonianism

What does Usonianism mean?
Usonianism means a custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.
What part of speech is Usonianism?
Usonianism is a noun.

Words near Usonianism in the dictionary

  1. USONA
  2. Usonan
  3. Usonans
  4. Usonia
  5. usonian
  6. Usonianism
  7. Usonians
  8. USOPC
  9. USorb.
  10. USOS
  11. usovite

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