Americanness

American  

[uh-mer-i-kuhn-nis] / əˈmɛr ɪ kən nɪs /

noun

1. the quality, fact, or degree of being American.

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Other Word Forms

• un-Americanness adjective

Example Sentences

This is precisely what I think drives those debates about language and who gets the right to claim Americanness — a lack of information.

From Los Angeles Times

It has no ideological ax to grind, although it makes a persuasive case for the expansiveness of American poetry as a parallel to the definition of Americanness itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

In this way, the memes and satire are likely helping young Somalis in the U.S. reaffirm their Americanness.

From Salon

The U.S. asks applicants for naturalization to affirm an understanding of Americanness that goes beyond the formal and legal.

From The Wall Street Journal

Curious to see the effect of all that Americanness, I drove north from Naha to Makiminato, a place once dominated by American bases, off-base housing and base-adjacent businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal