单词 | spread-eagleism |
释义 | spread-eagleismn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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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