un-Canadian
Not typically northern
Un-Canadian describes behavior, attitudes, or policies perceived as contrary to Canadian values or national character.
What counts as un-Canadian depends on the speaker's politics—it might mean insufficiently polite, multicultural, or democratic, or alternatively, too American in style or policy: Cutting healthcare funding is un-Canadian.
The term often appears in political rhetoric to delegitimize opponents.
Disloyal to one's nation
- traitorousGuilty of betrayal
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
sedition · subversive · turncoat · defector · renegade · collaborator · antipatriotic · treacherous
Lacking good manners
- rudeOffensively ill-mannered
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- divisiveCausing sharp disagreement
exclusionary · unwelcoming · inhospitable · uncivil · discourteous · boastful · unaccommodating · uncharitable
From another nation
- alienNon-native being
- un-AmericanContrary to national ideals
- importedObtained from overseas
- exoticStrikingly unusual, foreign-seeming
outsider · nonnative · transplant · Americanized · external · outside · unassimilated · incompatible
One diverging from norms
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
- anomalousDeviating from expected norms
atypical · discordant · improper · inappropriate · unseemly · unfitting · unbefitting · contrary
unpatriotic
Disloyal to one's nation
- traitorousGuilty of betrayal
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- betrayalBreaking of trust
treason · sedition · subversive · turncoat · defector · renegade · collaborator · antipatriotic · treacherous · perfidious
impolite
Lacking good manners
- rudeOffensively ill-mannered
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
divisive · exclusionary · unwelcoming · inhospitable · uncivil · discourteous · boastful · unaccommodating · uncharitable · undiverse
foreign
From another nation
- alienNon-native being
- un-AmericanContrary to national ideals
- importedObtained from overseas
exotic · outsider · nonnative · transplant · Americanized · external · outside · unassimilated · incompatible · incongruous
deviant
One diverging from norms
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- unorthodoxContrary to accepted practice
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
anomalous · atypical · discordant · improper · inappropriate · unseemly · unfitting · unbefitting · contrary · divergent
un-CanadianCanadian
North American northerner
patriotic · nationalistic · flag-waving · loyal · Canuck
un-Canadianpolite
Showing good manners
courteous · humble · tolerant · apologetic · multicultural