American Century
E18708
American Century is a concept coined by publisher Henry Luce to describe the 20th century as a period of dominant global influence and leadership by the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Century canonical | 1 |
| The American Century | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T151875 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Century Context triple: [Henry Luce, notableIdea, American Century]
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A.
American Renaissance
American Renaissance refers to the mid-19th-century flourishing of American literature and arts, marked by figures like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman, who helped define a distinct national cultural identity.
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B.
American Memory
American Memory is a digital archive of historical collections from the Library of Congress, providing public access to millions of primary source materials documenting American history and culture.
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C.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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D.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Century Target entity description: American Century is a concept coined by publisher Henry Luce to describe the 20th century as a period of dominant global influence and leadership by the United States.
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A.
American Renaissance
American Renaissance refers to the mid-19th-century flourishing of American literature and arts, marked by figures like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman, who helped define a distinct national cultural identity.
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B.
American Memory
American Memory is a digital archive of historical collections from the Library of Congress, providing public access to millions of primary source materials documenting American history and culture.
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C.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days refers to the intense early period of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency in 1933 when a flurry of New Deal legislation was rapidly enacted to combat the Great Depression.
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D.
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.
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E.
American Dream
The American Dream is the ideal that every person in the United States can achieve prosperity, success, and upward social mobility through hard work and opportunity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geopolitical concept
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historical concept ⓘ political concept ⓘ |
| associatedWithCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coinedBy | Henry Luce ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
European imperial dominance
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multipolar world order ⓘ |
| critiquedFor |
U.S.-centric view of history
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implying U.S. imperialism ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
foreign policy analysts
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historians ⓘ political scientists ⓘ |
| describes |
20th century
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period of U.S. global leadership ⓘ period of dominant global influence by the United States ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history
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international relations ⓘ political science ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
cultural export
ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ foreign policy ⓘ military alliances ⓘ |
| hasConnotation |
American nationalism
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surface form:
American exceptionalism
U.S.-centered world system ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation |
ideological justification for U.S. international activism
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vision of the United States as global leader ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
American global dominance
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U.S. cultural influence ⓘ U.S. economic power ⓘ U.S. military power ⓘ U.S. political leadership ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
World War II outcome
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rise of the United States as a superpower ⓘ |
| normativeDimension |
advocacy of active U.S. global role
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promotion of American values abroad ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
American exceptionalism
ⓘ
U.S. superpower status ⓘ liberal international order ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Cold War
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surface form:
Cold War era
Pax Americana ⓘ U.S. hegemony ⓘ post–World War II order ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
U.S. foreign policy debates
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historical analysis of the 20th century ⓘ international relations discourse ⓘ |
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Subject: American Century Description of subject: American Century is a concept coined by publisher Henry Luce to describe the 20th century as a period of dominant global influence and leadership by the United States.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The American Century