Spread-eagleism

Japanese: spread-eagleism(英語表記)spreadeagleism
Spread-eagleism

...Pragmatism, which values ​​the initiative of democratic free people, is an ideological product of Americanism. However, on the other hand, Americanism also gave birth to self-righteous narrow-mindedness and spread-eagleism, an intimidating attitude toward other countries and ethnicities, as symbolized by the image of an eagle with its wings spread. The American Party (also known as the Know-Nothing Party) in the mid-19th century advocated respect for pure Americans while excluding Catholic immigrants, but similar attitudes continued to appear in America in various forms.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "spread-eagleism" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…デモクラティックな自由人の能動性を重んじるプラグマティズムは,アメリカニズムの思想的な所産であろう。 しかし他面で,アメリカニズムは独善的な狭隘さや,〈翼をひろげた鷲〉のイメージが象徴する,他国と他民族への威圧的態度spread‐eagleismも生んだ。19世紀中ごろの〈アメリカ党(別名〈ノー・ナッシング党〉)〉は,純粋なアメリカ人の尊重を標榜しつつカトリック系移民を排除したが,同様な態度はなんども形を変えてアメリカに現れ続けた。…

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