Americanist

Meanings

nounAmericanist (plural Americanists)

Somebody who favors the values of the USA.
He’s [JD Vance] creating a fake position—that Americanists should be built on nothing but fealty to the Declaration of Independence—in order to argue his real position: that Americanists should have nothing to do with the ideals and the Declaration of Independence.
2025 August 1, Ezra Klein, “Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2025
An expert in the study of America.
human sciencesA proponent of the Americanist phonetic notation.

adjectiveAmericanist (comparative more Americanist, superlative most Americanist)

Favoring the values of the USA.
human sciencesOf or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See Americanist phonetic notation.

Dutch amerikanist

German Amerikanist, Amerikanistin

Greek αμερικανιστής, αμερικανίστρια

Hungarian amerikanista

Italian americanista

Polish amerykanista, amerykanistka

Portuguese americanista

Spanish americanista

Cite this entry

APA

Americanist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanist

MLA

“Americanist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Americanist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Americanist.