English Explanatory Dictionary

American Dream

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ideal stressing egalitarianism and that every citizen of the United States should have an equal opportunity to achieve material prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of American Dream.

Pronunciation

en-au-American Dream.ogg

Word forms

American Dream the American Dream American Dreams

Etymology

Of unknown origin. First attested in the 1910s. Popularized by American writer and historian James Truslow Adams in 1931.

Related words

American way DREAMer Manifest Destiny upward mobility Chinese Dream
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on A Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary