exceptionalist

American  

[ik-sep-shuhn-uhl-ist] / ɪkˈsɛp ʃən əl ɪst /

noun

plural

exceptionalists

1. a person who believes that a nation, region, or political system is exceptional; a believer in exceptionalism.

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adjective

1. relating to or characterized by exceptionalism.

Other Word Forms

• exceptionalist adjective

Example Sentences

Along the way Drake came to embody a streak of Englishness — bumptious, tenacious, patriotic, crafty, vainglorious and defiantly exceptionalist — that is back with a vengeance.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

Even later, as much of the country acquiesced to the greed-is-good eighties and the end-of-history nineties, Esalen clung to its exceptionalist vibe.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2019

While King did care about black and/or poor people in the United States and around the world, he was no American exceptionalist.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2018

Post-election, here was the shock for me: It turned out that I, too, was an American exceptionalist.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2017

In fact, these two notions are linked in a charmingly adolescent way: The louder the exceptionalist talk about the country’s “special path,” the stronger the curiosity to check how it’s being received.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2014