exceptionalism

(noun)

In the United States, the belief that the nation does not conform to an established norm, and instead has a special and divine role to play.

Related Terms

Examples of exceptionalism in the following topics:

  • Exceptions to Koch's Postulates

  • Wikis and Spam

    • (Wikipedia is an exception because it has an exceptionally large number of readers willing to clean up spam quickly, and because it has a well-funded organization behind it devoted to resisting spam using various large-scale monitoring techniques not practically available to smaller projects. )

  • Fourth Declension

  • Nucleophilicity of Sulfur Compounds

    • Although equivalent oxonium salts of ethers are known, they are only prepared under extreme conditions, and are exceptionally reactive.

  • Enolate Intermediates

    • Since simple ketones are weaker acids than water, their enolate anions are necessarily prepared by reaction with exceptionally strong bases in non-hydroxylic solvents.

  • The White City, Chicago and the World Columbian Exposition

    • The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was an international fair whose grandeur symbolized emerging American exceptionalism.
    • The fair's unprecedented scale and grandeur became a symbol of emergent American exceptionalism in much the way that the Great Exhibition became associated with the Victorian-era United Kingdom.

  • Domestic Architecture in Modern Africa

    • African architecture is exceptionally diverse from region to region and has been subject to numerous external influences.
    • The architecture of Africa, like that of any vast region or continent, is exceptionally diverse.

  • Gender

    • —Exceptions to the above principles sometimes occur; as, Allia (the river), f.

  • Third Declension

  • Hosts for Cloning Vectors

    • If the DNA to be cloned is exceptionally large (hundreds of thousands to millions of base pairs), then a bacterial artificial chromosome or yeast artificial chromosome vector is often chosen.