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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.
Leonard Boswell

Meaning of "the American Dream" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

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WHAT DOES THE AMERICAN DREAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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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."...

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WORDS THAT END LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM

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

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Translation of «the American Dream» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

Find out the translation of the American Dream to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the 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 «the American Dream» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美国梦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el Sueño Americano
570 millions of speakers

English

the 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

o sonho americano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমেরিকান স্বপ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le rêve américain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dream Amerika
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der amerikanische Traum
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

Ngimpi Amerika
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

द अमेरिकन ड्रीम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Amerikan rüyası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il 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

το αμερικανικό όνειρο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

die Amerikaanse Droom
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

den amerikanska drömmen
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

den amerikanske drømmen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the American Dream

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE AMERICAN DREAM»

The term «the American Dream» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE AMERICAN DREAM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the American Dream» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the 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 the American Dream

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE AMERICAN DREAM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the 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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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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William J. Clinton
If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama.
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Ted Cruz
We need to remain a nation that doesn't just welcome but that celebrates legal immigrants who come here seeking to pursue the American Dream.
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Geoff Davis
You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE AMERICAN DREAM»

Discover the use of the American Dream in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the American Dream and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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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 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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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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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, 2014
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Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Examines the ways in which the gospel is contradicted by the American dream and challenges Christians to join in a one-year experiment in authentic discipleship that promises spiritual transformation through the word of God.
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 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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Colonel Sanders and the American Dream
This book tells his story—the story of a dirt-poor striver with unlimited ambition who personified the American Dream.
Josh Ozersky, 2012
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Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream
An examination of "enhancement technologies" in America considers the pervasiveness of self-improvement drugs and procedures in spite of society's general unease about their use, considering the reasons why people obsessively pursue self ...
Carl Elliott, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE AMERICAN DREAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the American Dream is used in the context of the following news items.
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How one act helped millions live American Dream
The ADA gave more than 50 million Americans with disabilities, just like my son Cole, the chance to live the American Dream and be defined only by their ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
Donald Trump and the American Dream
The answer in this corner is that Donald Trump is seen by many Americans as the very embodiment of the American Dream. Someone with vision and drive who ... «American Spectator, Jun 15»
3
WWE Superstar Dusty 'the American Dream' Rhodes Dead at 69
The American Dream will be forever remembered for donning polka-dot spandex, fostering a legendary feud with Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen, expressing ... «TIME, Jun 15»
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Presidential Hopeful Says 'The American Dream Is Out of Reach …
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says: “The American dream is out of reach.” In his comments Saturday, he was trumpeting a theme he's ... «TheBlaze.com, May 15»
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Full Text: Marco Rubio Announces Run for President
My parents achieved what came to be known as the American Dream. But now, too many Americans are starting to doubt whether achieving that dream is still ... «Bloomberg, Apr 15»
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The 'Fast and Furious' Films Are All About The American Dream
The Fast and the Furious franchise shouldn't have been as wildly successful as it's been. The first film was based on an original concept with no established ... «Decider, Apr 15»
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'Fresh Off the Boat' Offers Comedic Look at Pursuing the American
'Fresh Off the Boat' Offers Comedic Look at Pursuing the American Dream. More. Actor Randall Park tells what it's like to play an Asian man battling culture ... «ABC News, Feb 15»
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Obama's 529 College Savings Plan Tax Hike Is An Assault On The
... and the middle class' modern version of the American Dream. In other words, we on the Right have stumbled into an issue that resonates in a way that liberals ... «Forbes, Jan 15»
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Obama asks Americans to rethink opportunity
It's a call to a different kind of America than the one he found in economic ruin ... It asks us to identify the American dream equally with collective investment and ... «Detroit Free Press, Jan 15»
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Ralph Lauren, designer of the American Dream, honored by the …
The American Dream, with all its promise, may have gotten threadbare and worn around the edges, but it still has the power to bring one of its most public ... «Washington Post, Jun 14»

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