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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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Examining the intersection of Christianity and Americanness across centuries would have helped Mr. Sutton’s case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

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

“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

In the camps, the sport was a literal pastime — and a way of performing Americanness for a government that had aimed suspicion at a group determined to prove its loyalty.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024

Again, I’m struck by the Americanness of the throngs of people.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

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