English Dictionary

Eagleland Osmosis

固有名詞

俗語 禁用 稀用

(slang) A phenomenon in which consumers of American media mistakenly assume that other countries' cultures are similar to that of the United States.

日本語の意味

アメリカのメディアを消費する人々が、他国の文化もアメリカの文化と同じであると誤認する現象

When viewers complained that the documentary treated Seoul like a franchised American suburb, they blamed Eagleland Osmosis for making audiences assume every city abroad was just like the United States.

視聴者がそのドキュメンタリーがソウルをフランチャイズ化されたアメリカの郊外のように描いていると非難した際、彼らは海外のどの都市もアメリカと同じだと思わせてしまう米国中心の文化浸透を非難した。

意味（1）

(slang) A phenomenon in which consumers of American media mistakenly assume that other countries' cultures are similar to that of the United States.

It's called Eagleland Osmosis.

意味（2）

(slang, rare, proscribed) The tendency of American culture to spread to other countries.

One of the things about living in America's hat (aka Canada) is that we suffer from Eagleland Osmosis. In Catholic matters it's even worse. Almost everything comes from the US. The hymnals, the CCD materials, the missals, etc. And none of them mention that anything might be different in Canada.