Manifest Destiny Hear it!

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.