O nacionalismo estadounidense é unha forma de nacionalismo cívico, cultural, económico ou étnico[1] presente nos Estados Unidos de América.[2] En esencia, o nacionalismo estadounidense sinala os aspectos que caracterizan e distinguen aos Estados Unidos como unha comunidade política autónoma. O termo a miúdo serve para explicar os esforzos por asentar a súa identidade nacional e a súa autodeterminación dentro dos seus asuntos nacionais e internacionais.[3]
As catro formas de nacionalismo atoparon expresión ao longo da historia dos Estados Unidos, dependendo do período histórico. Estudosos estadounidenses como Hans Kohn afirman que o goberno dos Estados Unidos institucionalizou un nacionalismo cívico fundado en conceptos legais e racionais da cidadanía, baseándose nunha lingua común e tradicións culturais.[2] Os Pais fundadores dos Estados Unidos estabeleceron o país sobre os principios liberais e individualistas clásicos.
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Petersen, William; Novak, Michael; Gleason, Philip (1982). Concepts of Ethnicity. Harvard University Press. p. 62. ISBN9780674157262. Consultado o 1 de febreiro de 2013. To be or to become an American, a person did not have to be of any particular national, linguistic, religious, or ethnic background. All he had to do was to commit himself to the political ideology centered on the abstract ideals of liberty, equality, and republicanism. Thus the universalist ideological character of American nationality meant that it was open to anyone who willed to become an American.
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Nota: As formas de nacionalismo baseado principalmente no grupo étnico están recollidos enriba. Isto non implica que tódolos nacionalistas do grupo étnico subscriban esa forma de nacionalismo étnico.