America Firstphr.adj.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻkə ˈfəːst/, U.S.

/əˌmɛrəkə ˈfərst/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name America , first adj.

Etymology: < the name of America (see America n.) + first adj.

U.S. Politics.

A. phr.

A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [phrase] > specific slogans

Young America1838

O.K.1840

America First1915

1915 W. Wilson in Public Papers (1980) 20 Apr. XXXIII. 38 Our whole duty for the present..is summed up in this motto, ‘America First’. Let us think of America before we think of Europe, in order that America may be fit to be Europe's friend.

1927 Times 6 Aug. 9/3 The United States delegation were governed by the principle of ‘America First’.

1944 Far Eastern Surv. 13 155/2 Isolationism..will be none the less dangerous because it finds equivalent words for the now discredited phrase, ‘America First’.

1997 Internat. Security 22 124 America First is an imperative, not a pejorative.

B. adj. (attributive).

Designating an attitude or organization that aims to put the interests of the U.S. before those of the international community; (also) of or relating to the America First Committee (now historical).The America First Committee (1940–1) was a Chicago-based organization opposed to U.S. involvement in the Second World War (1939–45).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > favouring specific principles or policies

federal1787

anti-federal1788

rep1812

dough-faced1820

republican1854

hunkerish1857

unreconstructed1865

reservationist1919

America First1925

McCarthyite1952

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > political associations

Tammanial1791

America First1925

Birchite1961

1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 411/1 Even the rapid foreign speech in the streets..does not seem to trouble the equilibrium of the America-first idea.

1927 Times 18 Nov. 16/7 Mr. Thompson, the Mayor of Chicago..is turning loose a force of ‘high-powered salesmen’ to get members for his ‘America First’ Foundation.

1941 H. R. Knickerbocker Is Tomorrow Hitler's? vii. 346 The crowds he has at America First rallies may number thousands—mostly Nazis and their sympathizers.

1973 O. Pilat Pegler, Angry Man of Press xiii. 183 All the America First arguments against Roosevelt were true, he said.

2003 J. Peterson & M. A. Pollock Europe, Amer., Bush i. 18 A..refusal to be bound by international treaties..revived an ‘America first’ conservatism redolent of the early days of the Reagan presidency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	america first
释义	America Firstphr.adj. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻkə ˈfəːst/, U.S. /əˌmɛrəkə ˈfərst/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name America , first adj. Etymology: < the name of America (see America n.) + first adj. U.S. Politics. A. phr. A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [phrase] > specific slogans Young America1838 O.K.1840 America First1915 1915 W. Wilson in Public Papers (1980) 20 Apr. XXXIII. 38 Our whole duty for the present..is summed up in this motto, ‘America First’. Let us think of America before we think of Europe, in order that America may be fit to be Europe's friend. 1927 Times 6 Aug. 9/3 The United States delegation were governed by the principle of ‘America First’. 1944 Far Eastern Surv. 13 155/2 Isolationism..will be none the less dangerous because it finds equivalent words for the now discredited phrase, ‘America First’. 1997 Internat. Security 22 124 America First is an imperative, not a pejorative. B. adj. (attributive). Designating an attitude or organization that aims to put the interests of the U.S. before those of the international community; (also) of or relating to the America First Committee (now historical).The America First Committee (1940–1) was a Chicago-based organization opposed to U.S. involvement in the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > favouring specific principles or policies federal1787 anti-federal1788 rep1812 dough-faced1820 republican1854 hunkerish1857 unreconstructed1865 reservationist1919 America First1925 McCarthyite1952 society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > political associations Tammanial1791 America First1925 Birchite1961 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 411/1 Even the rapid foreign speech in the streets..does not seem to trouble the equilibrium of the America-first idea. 1927 Times 18 Nov. 16/7 Mr. Thompson, the Mayor of Chicago..is turning loose a force of ‘high-powered salesmen’ to get members for his ‘America First’ Foundation. 1941 H. R. Knickerbocker Is Tomorrow Hitler's? vii. 346 The crowds he has at America First rallies may number thousands—mostly Nazis and their sympathizers. 1973 O. Pilat Pegler, Angry Man of Press xiii. 183 All the America First arguments against Roosevelt were true, he said. 2003 J. Peterson & M. A. Pollock Europe, Amer., Bush i. 18 A..refusal to be bound by international treaties..revived an ‘America first’ conservatism redolent of the early days of the Reagan presidency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < phr.adj.1915
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