Articles relating toAmerican exceptionalism, the theory that theUnited States is inherently different from other nations.[1] This stems from its emergence from theAmerican Revolution, becoming what the political scientistSeymour Martin Lipset called "the first new nation"[2] and developing a uniquely American ideology, "Americanism". This ideology is based on liberty,equality before the law, individual responsibility,republicanism, representative democracy, andlaissez-faire economics. This ideology itself is often referred to as "American exceptionalism."[3] Under this other definition, America is seen as being superior to other nations or having a unique mission to transform the world.[4]
The term was originally coined in 1929 byJoseph Stalin, as a critique of arevisionist faction of American communists that argued that the American political climate was unique and made it an "exception" to certain elements ofMarxist theory.[5]
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