exceptionalism
noun [ U ] uk/ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.lɪ.zəm/ us/ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.lɪ.zəm/
独特论，例外论
the idea that a person, country or political system can be allowed to be different from, and perhaps better than, others
the popular belief in American exceptionalism 对美国独特论的普遍信仰