English Explanatory Dictionary

America First

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A series of political movements in the United States that supported isolationism, often with connotations of xenophobia or anti-Semitism.

Word forms

America First

Etymology

First used by the Know-Nothings in the 1850s. Later promoted by President Woodrow Wilson in the context of a neutral America in World War I (1916). Re-popularized during the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.

Related words

America Alone Israel-firster Groyper MAGA

Derived words

America Firster
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