exceptionalism 
noun [mass noun]
The belief that something is exceptional, especially the theory that the peaceful capitalism of the US constitutes an exception to the general economic laws governing national historical development.Reagan was renowned for his belief in American exceptionalism....
- These possibilities may have complicated the search for the Great American Thing and subverted theories of American exceptionalism.
- Did America's divided democracy produce the country's exceptionalism, or did a series of exceptional circumstances produce America's peculiar divided democracy?
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