american dream

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   the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did

   Broaderambition

Questions about american dream

What does american dream mean?

american dream means "the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did".

Is american dream a common word?

american dream is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.