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spread eagleism

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spread-ea⋅gle⋅ism

[spred-ee-guh-liz-uhm]
–noun
boastfulness or bombast, esp. in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; spread-eagle + -ism


spread-ea⋅gle⋅ist, noun
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