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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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Gratitude seems like an appropriate response to this short and heartfelt work, which further develops a vision of Americanness that eschews the familiar values of progress, mobility and power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

How can the show bring those two cultures together to really showcase her Asianness and her Americanness in equal parts?

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024

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

Olsen: And for you, that sort of essential Americanness that Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis sort of embody, how does that fit into your perception of America?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

She was struck by the word, by the irredeemable Americanness of it.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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