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American Dream   /əmˈɛrəkən drim/   Listen
American Dream

noun
1.
The widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did.





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"American Dream" Quotes from Famous Books



... the fashion and home magazines—had made deep and distinct impressions upon her, had prepared her—as they have prepared thousands of Americans in secluded towns and rural regions where luxury and even comfort are very crude indeed—for the possible rise of fortune that is the universal American dream and hope. She felt these new surroundings exquisitely—the subdued coloring, the softened lights, the thick carpets, the quiet elegance and comfort of the furniture. She noted the good manners of the well-trained ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips


Words linked to "American Dream" :   ambition, dream, aspiration


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