Usonianism

English

Etymology

Usonian +‎ -ism

Noun

Usonianism (uncountable), usonianism

1. (rare) A custom, idea, or usage peculiar to the USA; a Usonian mentality; a preference for the USA and the ideas it represents
   • 1995, Bruce-Novoa, “Through the Eye of the Condor: The Limitless Horizons of Literary Space”, in María Duke dos Santos, Patricia De la Fuente editor, Sabine R. Ulibarrí, page 98:

     That Ulibarri sees the Ecuadorean Indian as too burdened by a tradition of dehumanizing servitude is perhaps more revealing of his deep-seated Usonianism than of the Indians' real character.

   • 2003, José F. Buscaglia-Salgado, Undoing Empire: Race and Nation in the Mulatto Caribbean, page 22:

     Already in the early process of developing a Usonian nationalist ideology, or Usonianism, […]

2. (rare) The philosophical ideal of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian architecture
   • 1979, American Society for Environmental History, Environmental Review, page 21:

     Broadacres was the ultimate landscape combining the best of the cities and the country, organicism, decentralization and usonianism.

   • 2002, April 15, “Frank Lloyd Wright's "Usonianism" Will Be Explored in Talk Sponsored by UB Art History Department”, in NewsCenter, State University of New York at Buffalo:

     "Usonianism," an architectural style that articulated Frank Lloyd Wright's social and economic principles of "usonian democracy," […]

   • ca 2008, Colorado Historical Society, Nomination of the Nelson House to the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties:

     Architect Frank Lloyd Wright pioneered Usonianism as the path to affordable modern residential architecture.

Synonyms

• (An idea or usage peculiar to the USA): Americanism

Derived terms

• (rare) Usonianist

External links

• The Colorado Historical Society page describing Wrightian Usonianism. (Written some time after 2006 Aug 29. Accessed 2008 Sept 12)