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  • noun Allegiance or loyalty to Canada.
  • noun The status or character of being Canadian.
  • noun A word or phrase that originated in Canada, or has special meaning in Canada.

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Examples

  • You could easily read that Economist article and come away with the impression that anti-Canadianism is alive and well in the US.

    the less friendly border 2005

  • Canadianism is becoming a convenience rather than a source of identity.

    not canadian enough? 2005

  • But until such time as we can produce domestically a greater share of our capital needs, I reject the timid proposition that our Canadianism is too weak to survive the influence of outside investment.

    Capital Has No Nationality 1970

  • He and his noble men sacrificed their lives, but in doing so every man of them established a little colony for all time as the basis upon which Canadianism is to be built.

    The West and Canada's Problem 1927

  • I believe that the spirit of true Canadianism is best evidenced by a calm dispassionate consideration of the business communities of the economic facts upon which the country's future must depend.

    Some Canadian Problems 1924

  • Canadianism is not worth having that is not included in Imperialism, and Imperialism is not worth having that does not appreciate the magnificent position of Canada and the services which Canadians will yet do for the Empire and for the Mother Country as it advances.

    Thoughts About Canada and Australia 1904

  • We have never had to renew our faith in Canadianism.

    Economic Strategy: the Myth of Provincial Impotence 1979

  • This is the kind of Canadianism with which Englishspeaking Canadians must come to some accommodation.

    Separatism—A Dangerous Philosophy 1964

  • But so much has happened in the second decade of the twentieth century that the impress of France is slowly being obliterated by a Canadianism which is peculiar to itself.

    Canada J. G. Bourinot

  • "nice-guy" Canadianism, which is both unfairly reductive and conveniently misleading.

    Cokemachineglow.com 2010

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