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American dream

the U.S. ideal according to which equality of opportunity permits any American to aspire to high attainment and material success

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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