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Definition of Americanism noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Americanism

noun

NAmE//əˈmɛrɪkəˌnɪzəm//

1[countable] a word, phrase, or spelling that is typical of American English, used in another variety of English

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2[uncountable] the essential quality of being American

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