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The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
J. G. Ballard

Meaning of "American Dream" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMERICAN DREAM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMERICAN DREAM

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American Dream is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMERICAN DREAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

American Dream

American Dream

The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. In the definition of the American Dream by James Truslow Adams in 1931, "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal" and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."...

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMERICAN DREAM

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American cloth
American Curl
American eagle
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American English
American Expeditionary Forces
American Federation of Labor
American football
American Indian
American Indian Movement
American ivy
American Judas tree

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMERICAN DREAM

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Synonyms and antonyms of American Dream in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «American Dream» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMERICAN DREAM

Find out the translation of American Dream to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of American Dream from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «American Dream» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美国梦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sueño Americano
570 millions of speakers

English

American Dream
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमेरिकन ड्रीम
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الحلم الأميركي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Американская мечта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

American Dream
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমেরিকান ড্রিম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

american Dream
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

American Dream
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

American Dream
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アメリカンドリーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아메리칸 드림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

American Dream
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Giấc mơ Mỹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமெரிக்க கனவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमेरिकन स्वप्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Amerikan rüyası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sogno americano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

American Dream
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

американська мрія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Visul american
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

American Dream
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

American Dream
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

American Dream
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

American Dream
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of American Dream

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICAN DREAM»

The term «American Dream» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.001 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICAN DREAM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «American Dream» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «American Dream» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about American Dream

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10 QUOTES WITH «AMERICAN DREAM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word American Dream.
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Buzz Aldrin
I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice - and from that, all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumulate enough of it, and the rest will follow.
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James Altucher
The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.
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J. G. Ballard
The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer supplies the world with its images, its dreams, its fantasies. No more. It's over. It supplies the world with its nightmares now: the Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Vietnam.
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Ami Bera
I believe in the American Dream, because I've lived it.
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Ami Bera
I hope I'll have the opportunity to debate how we reform and update our immigration system. I will relate my own story and that of the countless immigrants whose American Dream stories have helped build our country into the greatest nation in the world.
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Leonard Boswell
The American Dream is one of success, home ownership, college education for one's children, and have a secure job to provide these and other goals.
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Larry Bucshon
Here in Indiana and in many states throughout the union, we rely on coal to power our homes and provide good-paying middle class jobs - like the one my family relied on when I was a kid. The coal mine helped put food on our table and helped me pursue an education and realize the American Dream.
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Joaquin Castro
There's no doubt about it: Hillary is the best person to be our 45th president. Hillary has always been a tireless advocate for working families - she's never ceased to make sure everybody has a fair shot at achieving the American Dream.
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Do Won Chang
Forever 21 is my American Dream.
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William J. Clinton
I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMERICAN DREAM»

Discover the use of American Dream in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to American Dream and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive ...
In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism.
Jason DeParle, 2005
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The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a ...
The first "narrative history" traces the thread that binds the dreams and aspirations of most Americans together, exploring shared history and sacred texts--the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence--in search of the origins of ...
Jim Cullen, 2004
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Who Stole the American Dream?
This is a book full of surprises and revelations—the accidental beginnings of the 401(k) plan, with disastrous economic consequences for many; the major policy changes that began under Jimmy Carter; how the New Economy disrupted ...
Hedrick Smith, 2012
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The Betrayal of the American Dream
The story of how the American middle class has been systematically impoverished and its prospects thwarted in favor of a new ruling elite is at the heart of this extraordinarily timely and revealing book, whose devastating findings from two ...
Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele, 2012
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An American Dream: A Novel
This is our history as Hawthorne might have written it.”—Commentary Praise for Norman Mailer “[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”—The New York Times “A writer ...
Norman Mailer, 2013
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Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus.
David Platt, 2010
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Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our ...
Uses interviews with dozens of Americans and a longitudinal study covering forty years of income data to describe the American Dream and what it means to the country.
Mark Robert Rank, PhD, Thomas A. Hirschl, Kirk A. Foster, 2014
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The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools ...
Drawing on in-depth interviews with 200 black and white families, The American Dream and the Power of Wealth starkly reveals the enormous extent to which parents defend their beliefs in the values that lie at the heart of the American Dream ...
Heather Beth Johnson, 2006
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The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving
Consider some of the forces at work: The nuclear family is no more: Our marriage and birth rates are steadily declining, while the single-person households are on the rise.
Leigh Gallagher, 2013
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American Photography and the American Dream
Looks at how documentary photographers have contested the idea of the American dream, and discusses the work of Francis Benjamin Johnston, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, William Klein, Diane Arbus, and Robert Frank
James Guimond, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMERICAN DREAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term American Dream is used in the context of the following news items.
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Millennials want a different 'American Dream'
Austin, Texas — I learned something new at a recent diversity training session: I've held some unfair biases against millennials. During an ... «The Detroit News, Jul 15»
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Madden: Kessel's American dream: Get out of Toronto
Madden: Kessel's American dream: Get out of Toronto. Story · Comments (1). Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size ... «Timesonline.com, Jul 15»
3
From Vietnam refugee to the American Dream
MANSFIELD – Dr. Dung Nguyen was too young to be a soldier but old enough to be a victim of the war in Vietnam. He was 13 in April 1975 ... «Mansfield News Journal, Jul 15»
4
Building the American dream – Rotary partners with Habitat for …
The East Cooper Breakfast Rotary has committed to four volunteer projects with East Cooper Habitat for Humanity. Rotarian Michelle Whitbeck ... «Moultrie News, Jul 15»
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Pursuit of the American dream began in a library in Yugoslavia
I got to live the American dream that started in a Yugoslavian library when I put together the team of scientists who developed the first broad ... «Sacramento Bee, Jul 15»
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Marlyn Barbosa is proving the American
“People move here to reach the American dream, and we are believers in that,” said Barbosa, 33. Barbosa is proof. She was born in Puerto ... «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
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Porto family lives American Dream through their bakeries, success
“The American Dream is there, you just have to go out and grab it. There's people coming across the border every day who are going to make it. «The Pasadena Star-News, Jul 15»
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The American Dream
What does the American Dream mean to you? "In America, I guess everything is possible, as long as you're willing to work to achieve it. «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Tryon: Lucha libre and the 'American Dream'
Translation: Wrestler Dusty Rhodes, who developed his unforgettable “American Dream” character on Championship Wrestling from Florida, ... «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
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On this July 4th, how is that American dream looking?
Surveying 800 small business owners who it had loaned money to, OnDeck concludes that the American Dream is "alive and well.". «Upstart, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. American Dream [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/american-dream>. May 2024 ».
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