un-Americanness

noun

The state or quality of being un-American.

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Meanings

nounun-Americanness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being un-American.

    [Edward] Harrigan, who is best remembered for his turn-of-the-twentieth-century musical comedies with collaborator Tony Hart, went on to clarify that “if it isn't native, it isn't New York,” by way of explaining the un-Americanness presumably espoused by these new immigrants.

    2014, R. DesRochers, The New Humor in the Progressive Era, Springer, →ISBN

Origin

From un-American + -ness.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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