American exceptionalism

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American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States holds a unique place and role in history, characterized by distinct values, institutions, and a perceived mission to lead or transform the world.

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Generate an image of American exceptionalism (American exceptionalism is the belief that the United States holds a unique place and role in history, characterized by distinct values, institutions, and a perceived mission to lead or transform the world.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical belief ⓘ
national myth ⓘ
political ideology ⓘ
political theory concept ⓘ
associatedWith American civil religion ⓘ
American nationalism ⓘ
United States domestic politics ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
associatedWithValue democracy ⓘ
egalitarianism ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
laissez-faire economics ⓘ
liberty ⓘ
populism ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
criticizedFor downplaying United States historical injustices ⓘ
encouraging moral superiority ⓘ
encouraging unilateralism ⓘ
obscuring imperial or hegemonic behavior ⓘ
debatedIn American studies ⓘ
history ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
emphasizes distinct American institutions ⓘ
distinct American values ⓘ
hasComponent belief in a providential national mission ⓘ
belief in the United States as a model for other nations ⓘ
belief in the United States as historically unique ⓘ
belief in the United States as morally superior ⓘ
hasCoreBelief the United States has a special mission in the world ⓘ
the United States has a unique place in history ⓘ
the United States is fundamentally different from other nations ⓘ
historicalRoot American Revolution ⓘ
Manifest Destiny ⓘ
Puritan notion of a city upon a hill ⓘ
frontier experience ⓘ
influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville ⓘ
Cold War ideology ⓘ
Frederick Jackson Turner ⓘ
John Winthrop ⓘ
influences United States national identity discourse ⓘ
United States presidential rhetoric ⓘ
prominentInEra Cold War period ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

post–World War II era ⓘ
relatedConcept American civil religion ⓘ
American dream ⓘ
linked to: American Dream

Manifest Destiny ⓘ
national exceptionalism ⓘ
usedToJustify United States global leadership ⓘ
United States interventionism ⓘ
promotion of democracy abroad ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

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American Century → relatedConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ
Novus ordo seclorum → associatedConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ
subject linked to: motto "Novus ordo seclorum"
Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity → mainSubject → American creed ⓘ
linked to: American exceptionalism
Camelot era → hasTheme → American exceptionalism ⓘ
The Rising Glory of America → hasSubject → American exceptionalism ⓘ
BioShock franchise → theme → American exceptionalism ⓘ
American imperialism → hasIdeologicalJustification → American exceptionalism ⓘ
The Irony of American History → mainSubject → American exceptionalism ⓘ
The Irony of American History → critiques → American exceptionalism ⓘ
Seymour Martin Lipset → notableWork → American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword ⓘ
linked to: American exceptionalism
The American Exception → describes → United States as having unique political structures ⓘ
subject linked to: “The American Exception”
linked to: American exceptionalism
American philosophy → hasKeyConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ
Frontier Thesis → emphasizesConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ
subject linked to: frontier thesis
American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers → critiques → American exceptionalism ⓘ
Young America movement → relatedConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ
Horatio Alger myth → relatedConcept → American exceptionalism ⓘ