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单词 spread-eagleism
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spread-eagleismn.

Brit. /ˌsprɛdˈiːɡl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsprɛdˈiːɡlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsprɛdiːɡl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˈsprɛdiːɡlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsprɛdˈiɡ(ə)lˌɪz(ə)m/
Forms: 1800s– spread-eagleism, 1800s– spread-eaglism.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spread eagle adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < spread eagle adj. (compare note at that entry) + -ism suffix.
Now chiefly historical.
Extravagant or bombastic praise of the United States; aggressive assertion of United States interests or claims; the attitude behind these; (hence) similar speech or feeling in respect of other nations.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > of the United States
spread-eagleism1858
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style
inflation1603
windinessa1613
ranting1633
tumoura1639
turgency1654
tympany1680
swell1744
turgidity1756
turgidness1757
tumidity1791
ráiméis1828
mouthiness1830
spread-eagleism1858
inflatedness1867
ampullosity1869
telegraphese1870
mouthing1876
Barnumese1889
intumescence1893
1858 N.Y. Herald 26 Dec. 6/2 Nothing would please spread-eagleism so much as a general alliance of all the states of Europe against England.
1859 G. F. Train (title) Spread-Eagleism.
1864 Realm 6 July 3 Abuse of England is part of the platform of spread-eagleism: it pleases the Irish element, and produces votes.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 104 Napier's account of a Peninsular battle..with its saugrenu spread-eagleism.
1898 H. N. Casson Red Light 141 It is bigotry and prejudice that causes all jingoism, chauvinism, and spreadeaglism, and all other spurious imitations of patriotism.
1908 M. Moore Let. 12 Dec. (1997) 52 It is what we call ‘Pan Germanism’, the feeling that anything which is not German cannot be good. It is in America, Spread-eagleism.
1950 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 37 433 The crass materialism, the ‘spread eagleism’, and the braggadocio which both foreign and domestic critics found in America.
2002 Isis 93 674/1 Canadian nationalism and U.S. spread-eaglism will continue to work changes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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