Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny
Definition
☆ Manifest Destiny
noun
the 19th-cent. doctrine postulating the continued territorial expansion of the U.S. as its obvious destiny: term current during the annexation of territories in the Southwest and Northwest and of islands in the Pacific and Caribbean
Manifest Destiny
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- national: Ideas of manifest national destiny have been powerful engines for good or ill, but mostly for ill, throughout history.
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