American spirit
Yankee can-do attitude
American spirit is a phrase for the national character Americans attribute to themselves—typically independence, resilience, optimism, and self-reliance.
It invokes frontier mythology and bootstrap narratives: The American spirit of innovation drives Silicon Valley.
The phrase appears in patriotic rhetoric, often during crises or celebrations.
American Spirit is also a cigarette brand marketed as "natural."
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- stars and stripesFlag's visual elements
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
freedom · jazz · democracy · resilience · equality · pioneers · folk music · amber waves · ambition · transcendentalism · Declaration of Independence · perseverance · determination · Harlem Renaissance · self-reliance · Statue of Liberty · liberty · land of opportunity
American spiritcollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
conformism · dependency · submissiveness · serfdom · paternalism
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