English Dictionary

Copperheadism

名詞

アメリカ英語 歴史的 不可算名詞

(US, historical) The state of being a Copperhead; sympathy in the North for Southern secessionists during the American Civil War.

日本語の意味

（アメリカ南北戦争時）北部において南部離脱主義者に同情する状態、すなわち「銅頭派」的な態度や現象

Historians debated whether Copperheadism significantly undermined Union morale during the Civil War.

歴史家たちは、南北戦争中に北部反戦派である状態が連邦の士気を著しく損なったかどうかを議論した。

意味（1）

(US, historical) The state of being a Copperhead; sympathy in the North for Southern secessionists during the American Civil War.

The project went nowhere, but it did plant seeds of copperheadism that germinated a couple of years later.