spread-eagleism

spread-eagleism
spread-ea·gle·ism

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  • spread-eagleism — əˌlizəm noun ( s) Etymology: spread eagle + ism : bombastic and vainglorious boasting of the greatness of the U.S. : superpatriotism, flag waving resorted to some old fashioned spread eagleism and even demagoguery W.G.Carleton …   Useful english dictionary

  • spread-eagleism — spread eagleist, n. /spred ee geuh liz euhm/, n. boastfulness or bombast, esp. in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag waving. [1855 60, Amer.; SPREAD EAGLE + ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • Spreadeagle — The term spreadeagle (also spread eagle, spread eagle) can mean:*Spreadeagle (heraldry), a figure derived from a heraldic depiction of an eagle * Spreadeagle (position), a human position in which a person is figuratively in the same position as… …   Wikipedia

  • Boasting — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Boasting >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 boasting boasting &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 boast boast vaunt crake| Sgm: N 1 pretense pretense pretensions Sgm: N 1 puff puff puffery …   English dictionary for students

  • Jingoism — is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as extreme patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy . [Catherine Soanes (ed.), Compact Oxford English Dictionary for University and College Students (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), p …   Wikipedia

  • Overseas expansion of the United States — United States overseas expansion follows the expansion of U.S. frontiers on the North American continent (see Mexican American War, War of 1812, and Territorial acquisitions of the United States), in particular during the Age of Imperialism , the …   Wikipedia

  • nationalism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. patriotism, civism, paternalism; chauvinism, spread eagleism (inf.); socialism, totalitarianism. See pride, authority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. provincialism, chauvinism, jingoism; see loyalty ,… …   English dictionary for students

  • jingoism — n patriotism, superpatriotism, blind patriotism, nationalism, chauvinism, flag waving, wrapping oneself in the flag, belief in my country right or wrong, spread eagleism …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • patriotism — n nationalism, national loyalty, allegiance, jingoism, chauvinism, U.S. spread eagleism, love of country …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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