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Definition of American Dream
1. Noun. The widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did.
Definition of American Dream
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A widespread determination by Americans to provide their children with a better upbringing than their parents were able to provide for them. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A philosophy that with hard work, courage and determination, anyone can prosper and achieve success. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of American Dream
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One America Indivisible: A National Conversation on American Pluralism and by Sheldon Hackney (1999)
"There is, she concludes, a communitarian as well as an individualistic aspect of
the American Dream. The Dream is also about dignity, respect, and belonging ..."
2. Women-Owned and Home-Based Businesses: Hearing Before the Committee on Small edited by Christopher S. Bond (1999)
"They said: "The American Dream is to be an owner of one's own business. ...
The American Dream is the cornerstone of our 200-year-old American Heritage and ..."
3. The Strategic Quadrangle: Russia, China, Japan, and the United States in by Michael Mandelbaum (1995)
"Luttwak, The Endangered American Dream, summarizes these critiques. See in
particular Peter G. Peterson, Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing ..."
4. Families First: Report of the National Commission on America's Urban FamiliesFam (1993)
"We have to make sure that the American dream of opportunity, the American dream
of capacity and maximization of potential will be real for each of us, ..."
5. American Standards of Living, 1918-1988 by Clair Brown (1994)
"Katherine S. Newman in Declining Fortunes: the Withering of the American Dream (New
York: Basic Books, 1993) argues that the expectation that each ..."
6. The Urban Condition: space, community, and self in the contemporary metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"However, the critique is subsumed by a more potent narrative force: the story of
two poor boys chasing the American Dream. Between intended critique and ..."
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