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(not *quite* synonymous with the USA)
 
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==Overview==
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[[category:concepts]]Although the word "[[America]]" technically includes all of [[North America]] (i.e. the [[United States|US]] plus [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]), the several countries of [[Central America]], and the many countries of [[South America]], it is almost always used as a synonym for the [[United States]] (of America). Furthermore, it is most often used when discussing the ''culture'' and ''people'' of the US, rather than the US as a geopolitical entity. In this usage, "America" is at least as much an ''idea'' as it is a place.
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[[File:35122970 America is a continent.cleaned.png|thumb|Geographically, "America" is a pair of continents, not a country.]]
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==About==
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Although the word "[[America]]" technically includes all of [[North America]] (i.e. [[US|the US(A)]] plus [[Canada]] and [[Mexico]]), the several countries of [[Central America]], and the many countries of [[South America]], it is almost always used as a synonym for the [[United States]] (of America). Furthermore, it is most often used when discussing the ''culture'' and ''people'' of the US, rather than the US as a geopolitical entity. In this usage, "America" is at least as much an ''idea'' as it is a place.
  
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Let us define some terms for further discussion, then:
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Most reference works seem to resolve the issue by avoiding use of the standalone term "America" altogether, referring to the double-continent as "the Americas" and referring to the country as "the United States [of America]".
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* [[Americanism]]: the culture of America as it is (rather than how we might wish it to be), from the beautiful to the ugly
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===Editorial Policy===
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* [[American ideal]]: the ideals towards which Americans strive, and which people all over the world find the most inspiring about America
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Issuepedia will endeavor to use [[US]] and [[USian]] as more accurate replacements for this sense of the words "America" and "American".
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* The {{USA}}: the place where American ideals coalesced and where Americanism was born (and from whence it is exported), for better or for worse
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==Links==
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===Reference===
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* {{wikipedia}} redirects to {{l/wp|United States}}
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* {{conservapedia}} redirects to {{l/cp|United States of America}}
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* {{rationalwiki}} appropriately disambiguates the term

Latest revision as of 16:15, 17 October 2022

Geographically, "America" is a pair of continents, not a country.

About

Although the word "America" technically includes all of North America (i.e. the US(A) plus Canada and Mexico), the several countries of Central America, and the many countries of South America, it is almost always used as a synonym for the United States (of America). Furthermore, it is most often used when discussing the culture and people of the US, rather than the US as a geopolitical entity. In this usage, "America" is at least as much an idea as it is a place.

Most reference works seem to resolve the issue by avoiding use of the standalone term "America" altogether, referring to the double-continent as "the Americas" and referring to the country as "the United States [of America]".

Editorial Policy

Issuepedia will endeavor to use US and USian as more accurate replacements for this sense of the words "America" and "American".

Links

Reference

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