Americanness
Americannoun
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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 ● Feb. 5, 2026
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 ● Oct. 28, 2025
“And I thought Tim’s Americanness was really interesting to put into that role, and just like with Jon Hamm, I thought, ‘Oh, there’s a constitutional sheriff in there.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2025
So, what seemed in the 1950s to be the epitome of wholesome Americanness had become by the turn of the 21st century simultaneously naïve and stodgy.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
She was struck by the word, by the irredeemable Americanness of it.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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