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Word: yankeeism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Acknowledging the academic character of his audience, Martin spoke at length on Latin intellectualism. "Philosophical Marxism provides an outlet for the latent anti-Yankeeism of many South American intellectuals. These men act as a respectable background for the extremist who, for his own reasons, hates...

Author: By Fitzhugh S. M. mullan, | Title: Martin Upholds Ban on Cuban Travel | 11/4/1963 | See Source »

Puritanism degenerated into "Yankeeism because of this corruption, Niebuhr asserted. The Puritans were so extreme that they "regarded every storm as a revelation of God's wrath." If events went well, the Puritans slipped into "the complacent identification of virtue with success...

Author: By Frederic L. Ballard jr., | Title: Niebuhr Traces Effects Of Christianity on West | 9/28/1961 | See Source »

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