un-Americanness
Against national values
The quality of being contrary to American values, customs, or character.
The term carries political weight—what counts as un-American depends entirely on who's defining American ideals.
During the Cold War, un-Americanness meant communist sympathies; today it might mean anything from flag-burning to corporate greed, depending on the speaker's politics.
They accused the policy of un-Americanness.
Disagreement with authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
radicalism · subversion · disloyalty · unpatriotic · sedition · McCarthyism · blacklist · leftism
Quality of being unfamiliar
- othernessQuality of being unlike
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
alienation · difference · unfamiliarity · exotic · multilingualism · tradition · heritage · customs
Group primacy doctrine
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- socialismCommunal economic control
communalism · deference · hierarchy · tradition · restraint · modesty · skepticism · cynicism
Aesthetic of reduction
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- understatementIntentional diminishment for effect
- restraintControl over impulses
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
antiquity · classical · formality · tradition · sobriety · simplicity · refinement · European
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
nonconformity · radicalism · subversion · disloyalty · unpatriotic · sedition · McCarthyism · blacklist · leftism · communism
foreignness
Quality of being unfamiliar
assimilation · alienation · difference · unfamiliarity · exotic · multilingualism · tradition · heritage · customs · diaspora
collectivism
Group primacy doctrine
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
socialism · communalism · deference · hierarchy · tradition · restraint · modesty · skepticism · cynicism · pessimism
minimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
- subtletyFine distinction, easily missed
- understatementIntentional diminishment for effect
- restraintControl over impulses
austerity · antiquity · classical · formality · tradition · sobriety · simplicity · refinement · European · Asian
un-AmericannessAmericanness
Quality of being from the USA
Americanism · patriotism · American patriotism · American spirit · loyalty
un-AmericannessAmericanism
US-specific word or phrase
American exceptionalism · cultural conformity · frontier spirit
un-American, American, America, Americanism, Americanize, Americanization, Americanized, Americans, Americas