Yankeedom en · NOUN
Etymology
From Yankee + -dom.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The region inhabited by Yankees.
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(uncountable) The condition, state, sphere, or influence of Yankees or of being a Yankee.
Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom.
1910, Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland, The Japanese letters of Lafcadio Hearn:
- (uncountable) Yankees collectively.