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Manifest Destiny

 
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–noun
the belief or doctrine, held chiefly in the middle and latter part of the 19th century, that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand its territory over the whole of North America and to extend and enhance its political, social, and economic influences.
Origin:
1835–45
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manifest destiny  
n.  

  1. A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary or benevolent.

  2. often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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