manifest destiny (redirected from Westward movement)

manifest destiny

n.

1. A policy of imperialistic expansion defended as necessary or benevolent.

2. often Manifest Destiny The 19th-century doctrine that the United States had the right and duty to expand throughout the North American continent.

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Manifest Destiny

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(Historical Terms) (esp in the 19th-century US) the belief that the US was a chosen land that had been allotted the entire North American continent by God

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manifest destiny - a policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God) imperialism - a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries