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America First, phr. and a. U.S. Polit.
Brit. |əˌmɛrɪkə ˈfəːst|, U.S. |əˌmɛrəkə ˈfərst|
[‹ the name of America (see America n.) + first adj.]
A. phr. A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’.
1915W. Wilson in Public Papers (1980) 20 Apr. XXXIII. 38, Our whole duty for the present..is summed up in this motto, ‘America First’. Let us think of America before we think of Europe, in order that America may be fit to be Europe's friend. 1927Times 6 Aug. 9/3 The United States delegation were governed by the principle of ‘America First’. 1944Far Eastern Surv. 13 155/2 Isolationism..will be none the less dangerous because it finds equivalent words for the now discredited phrase, ‘America First’. 1997Internat. Security 22 124 America First is an imperative, not a pejorative.
B. adj. (attrib.). Designating an attitude or organization that aims to put the interests of the U.S. before those of the international community; (also) of or relating to the America First Committee (now hist.).
The America First Committee (1940–1) was a Chicago-based organization opposed to U.S. involvement in the Second World War (1939–45).
1925Cent. Mag. Jan. 411/1 Even the rapid foreign speech in the streets..does not seem to trouble the equilibrium of the America-first idea. 1927Times 18 Nov. 16/7 Mr. Thompson, the Mayor of Chicago..is turning loose a force of ‘high-powered salesmen’ to get members for his ‘America First’ Foundation. 1941H. R. Knickerbocker Is Tomorrow Hitler's? vii. 346 The crowds he has at America First rallies may number thousands—mostly Nazis and their sympathizers. 1973O. Pilat Pegler, Angry Man of Press xiii. 183 All the America First arguments against Roosevelt were true, he said. 2003J. Peterson & M. A. Pollock Europe, Amer., Bush i. 18 A..refusal to be bound by international treaties..revived an ‘America first’ conservatism redolent of the early days of the Reagan presidency. |