manifest destiny

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Definition of manifest destiny in English English dictionary

The political doctrine or belief held by the United States of America, particularly during its expansion, that the nation was destined to expand toward the west

The political doctrine or belief held by many liberal citizens of the United States of America that their system is best, and the idea that all humans would like to become Americans

The belief that God supports the expansion of the United States of America throughout the entire North American continent except Mexico

the belief that the US people had the right and the duty to take land in North America from other people, because this was God's plan. This phrase was used by journalists and politicians in the 19th century when US citizens moved west across North America and the US gained Texas, California, Oregon, and Alaska. Concept of U.S. territorial expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean. The phrase was coined in 1845 by the editor John L. O'Sullivan, who described the U.S. annexation of Texas and, by extension, the occupation of the rest of the continent as a divine right of the American people. The term was used to justify the U.S. annexation of Oregon, New Mexico, and California and later U.S. involvement in Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines

The American White man's belief that it was inevitable that he would expand to the Pacific It was his destiny, regardless of the consequences

a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God)

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the conviction prevalent during 1880-1920, "the heyday of colonialism" that "God, in his providence, had chosen the Western nations, because of their unique qualities, to be the standard-bearers of his cause even to the uttermost ends of the world" (Bosch 1991, 298)

John L O'Sullivan, editor of the Democratic Review, coined this phrase in 1845 Manifest destiny expressed the romantic notion that America had a special destiny to overspread the entire continent of North America It inspired many Americans to move into the West

The imperialistic 19th century view that America was destined to expand across the North American continent This doctrine was examined by historian Frederick Jackson Turner

the belief that the U S has a right and responsibility to expand its land

a term coined in the 1840s to express the general sentiment among Americans that they were as a people, destined by the Divine to expand and occupy all areas of the continent that did not yet belong to the United States of America

Hyphenation

ma·ni·fest des·ti·ny

Turkish pronunciation

mänıfest destıni

Pronunciation

/ˈmanəˌfest ˈdestənē/ /ˈmænəˌfɛst ˈdɛstəniː/

Etymology

() The phrase was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States.