exceptionalism
[ik-sep-shuh-nl-iz-uh m]
- the condition of being exceptional; uniqueness.
- the study of the unique and exceptional.
- a theory that a nation, region, or political system is exceptional and does not conform to the norm.
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The first is the shared history of the Americas, too often eclipsed by the story of U.S. “exceptionalism.”
Niebuhr “played by the rules” by affirming American exceptionalism, and writing about American innocence.
The SBOE wants Texas students to learn about “American exceptionalism.”
But American exceptionalism has merely delayed secularization, not halted it.
But the Mandela legacy has also given South Africa a distorted sense of exceptionalism.
exceptionalism
- an attitude to other countries, cultures, etc based on the idea of being quite distinct from, and often superior to, them in vital ways
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