Usonianism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English Usonian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Usonianism From Usonian + -ism.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) A custom, idea, or practice peculiar to the United States.
That Ulibarri sees the Ecuadorean Indian as too burdened by a tradition of dehumanizing servitude is perhaps more revealing of his deep-seated Usonianism than of the Indians' real character.
1995, Bruce-Novoa, “Through the Eye of the Condor: The Limitless Horizons of Literary Space”, in María Duke dos Santos, Patricia De la Fuente, editors, Sabine R. Ulibarrí, page 98:
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(rare, uncountable) A preference for the US and the ideas it represents.
Already in the early process of developing a Usonian nationalist ideology, or Usonianism, […]
2003, José F. Buscaglia-Salgado, Undoing Empire: Race and Nation in the Mulatto Caribbean, page 22:
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(rare, uncountable) The philosophical ideal of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian architecture.
Broadacres was the ultimate landscape combining the best of the cities and the country, organicism, decentralization and usonianism.
1979, American Society for Environmental History, Environmental Review, page 21:Architect Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered Usonianism as the path to affordable modern residential architecture.
ca 2008, Colorado Historical Society, Nomination of the Nelson House to the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties:"Usonianism," an architectural style that articulated Frank Lloyd Wright's social and economic principles of "usonian democracy," […]
2002, April 15, “Frank Lloyd Wright's "Usonianism" Will Be Explored in Talk Sponsored by UB Art History Department”, in NewsCenter, State University of New York at Buffalo:
Synonyms
Americanism (custom peculiar to the USA)