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American dream, the the American Dream1. The belief that anyone can succeed (often with an emphasis on material gain) through hard work. The American Dream feels less attainable the more I am crushed by student loans. 2. The achievement of wealth and success. After years of hard work, we finally have a big house and successful careers. We're living the American Dream. See also: American, dream Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. American dreamthe idealistic notion that Americans are preoccupied with obtaining certain materialistic goals. The American dream of home ownership, a car in the garage, and a chicken in every pot started in the early thirties. See also: American, dream McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. the American dream COMMON The American dream is the idea that anybody can be successful in life, even if they are born poor. Part of the American dream is building a new business that creates jobs and financial independence. See also: American, dream Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. the American dream the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved.See also: American, dream Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary American dream, theThe image of prosperity, achievable through hard work. A political cliché invoked by candidates, it was used by Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in America (1835) but may be even older. In 1975 psychoanalyst David Abrahansen was quoted as saying, “The American dream is in part responsible for a great deal of crime and violence, because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living.” A similar cliché of even less precise definition is the American way, evoking an image of democracy, fairness, and other desirable traits. See also: American The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also:- American dream
- the American Dream
- crush it
- credit for
- credit for (something)
- within arm's reach
- be a credit to
- be a credit to (someone or something)
- in reach
- play in the big leagues
References in periodicals archive In Churchwell's telling, the real American dream, the one she insinuates is worth reclaiming, isn't just a Jeffersonian ideal of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" but the conditions that put the ideal within reach of every citizen: a dream, she says, that is "all but synonymous with social democracy." The underside of the 'American dream' Though similar in theme to Fight Club's lamentation on the meaningless void of the American Dream, the second film in Rindge's parables, American Beauty, focuses on a man's journey from death to life through, ironically, his own death. Profane Parables: Film and the American Dream Non-whites were also more likely than white people to consider homeownership integral to the American dream, the survey said. Changing perceptions of the American dream Employing the notion of the American Dream, the nation's citizens found a way to interpret themselves, those around them, and the world as a whole. Visions of the American dream: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bob Dylan, and Norman Mailer probe at the heart of the national idea Adams identifies the American dream as the defining factor of American history: "If America has stood for anything unique in the history of the world, it has been for the American dream, the belief in the common man and the insistence upon having, as far as possible, equal opportunity in every way with the rich one" (123). Caribbean literature, North American migration, and the American dream American Dream, The One-act drama by Edward ALBEE, published in 1959 (with The Zoo Story) and first produced in 1961. American Dream, The While it is impossible in a short essay to thoroughly rehearse all of the internal inconsistencies and economic solecisms in The Endangered American Dream, the anti-free-trade screed contained in the early part of the book warrants a brief look because it exemplifies the pseudo-sophisticated reasoning endemic among our industrial-policy mandarins. The Endangered American dream: How to Stop the United States from Becoming a Third-World Country and How to Win the Geo-Economic Struggle for Industrial Supremacy |