American dream
American dream
noun, often capitalized DDefinition of AMERICAN DREAM
: an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity; also : the prosperity or life that is the realization of this ideal
Examples of AMERICAN DREAM
- <with the acquisition of a big house in the suburbs, they felt as though the American dream had indeed become a reality for them>
First Known Use of AMERICAN DREAM
1931
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- good life
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