Americanness
Being from the States
Americanness is the quality of being characteristically American—embodying traits, values, or cultural markers associated with the United States.
The word often appears in discussions of national identity: Her accent added to her Americanness, The film's brash optimism radiates Americanness.
What constitutes Americanness shifts depending on who's defining it—individualism, diversity, ambition, and loudness all compete for the core.
Fusion of diverse cultures
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
hyphenated · ethnicities · coexistence · enclaves · heritage · assimilation · integration · diaspora
Status as state member
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- creedStatement of belief
- ethosCollective moral character
naturalization · expatriate · allegiance · exceptionalism · values · consumerism · suburbia · middle-class
Absence of unjust constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- civil-libertiesPersonal rights limiting government
self-determination · autonomy · rights · emancipation · self-governance · unalienable · individualism · nonconformity
Creating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- inventionNew device or method
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
- disruptionForceful interruption of process
cutting-edge · breakthrough · Edison · self-made · hustle · patents · research · biotech
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- pledgeBinding promise given
- veteransFormer armed forces members
nationalism · allegiance · monument · memorial · service · republic · countrymen · homeland
melting-pot
Fusion of diverse cultures
- multiculturalismCoexistence of diverse traditions
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
mosaic · hyphenated · ethnicities · coexistence · enclaves · heritage · assimilation · integration · diaspora · bilingualism
citizenship
Status as state member
- nationalityLegal belonging to country
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- creedStatement of belief
ethos · naturalization · expatriate · allegiance · exceptionalism · values · consumerism · suburbia · middle-class · self-reinvention
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- democracyRule by the people
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
civil-liberties · self-determination · autonomy · rights · emancipation · self-governance · unalienable · individualism · nonconformity · choice
entrepreneurship
Creating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- inventionNew device or method
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
disruption · cutting-edge · breakthrough · Edison · self-made · hustle · patents · research · biotech · automation
flag
Cloth symbol or signal
veterans · nationalism · allegiance · monument · memorial · service · republic · countrymen · homeland · military
Americannessforeignness
Quality of being unfamiliar
Britishness · Russianness · Frenchness · Germanness · Canadianness
Americannessforeignness
Quality of being unfamiliar
alienness · otherness · exoticness · un-Americanness · cosmopolitanism
Americannesscollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
traditionalism · monarchism · socialism · communism · feudalism
America, American, Americans, Americana, Americano, Americanize, Americanized, Americanizing, Americanization