Americanism

American +‎ -ism

Americanism (countable and uncountable, plural Americanisms)

1. A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
2. A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American language usage.

   However, the -ize spelling is now rarely used in the UK in the mass media and newspapers, and is hence often incorrectly regarded as an Americanism.

3. A preference to the United States and the ideas it represents.
   • 2016 July 22, Aaron Blake, “Donald Trump’s strategy in three words: ‘Americanism, not globalism’”, in Washington Post:

     "The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponent is that our plan will put America first," Trump said. "Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."

• (custom; preference): Usonianism
• (word or phrase): Yankeeism

• (preference for the U.S.): anti-Americanism

• Americanist

• (dialectisms) dialectism; Americanism (Yankeeism), Australianism, Britishism, Canadianism, Indianism, Irishism, Scotticism, southernism, New Zealandism

• minicameras