unamerican
Against national values
Un-American describes attitudes, behaviors, or activities perceived as contrary to American values or interests.
The term is inherently political and shifts meaning depending on who wields it—Cold War anti-communists called socialist ideas un-American; critics of xenophobia call border policies un-American.
The House Un-American Activities Committee investigated suspected communists.
The charge implies disloyalty or foreignness, often deployed to delegitimize opponents rather than describe actual citizenship status.
One who betrays allegiance
- treasonousDisloyal to one's nation
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- turncoatOne who betrays allegiance
defector · collaborator · subversive · treacherous · betrayer · quisling · informer · spy
One who publicly opposes
- dissidentOpposer of established systems
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- activistVigorous cause champion
- agitatorOne who foments discord
nonconformist · iconoclast · reformist · counterculture · anti-establishment · progressive · socialist · communist
From another nation
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- nonnativeNot indigenous to a place
- alienNon-native being
other · stranger · xenophobia · nativist · exclusion · deportation · naturalization · citizenship
traitor
One who betrays allegiance
- treasonousDisloyal to one's nation
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
turncoat · defector · collaborator · subversive · treacherous · betrayer · quisling · informer · spy · perfidious
protester
One who publicly opposes
agitator · nonconformist · iconoclast · reformist · counterculture · anti-establishment · progressive · socialist · communist · anarchist
foreign
From another nation
alien · other · stranger · xenophobia · nativist · exclusion · deportation · naturalization · citizenship · belonging
unamericanAmerican
From the U.S.
patriotic · all-American · flag-waving · pro-American · apple-pie
unamericanloyal
Firm in allegiance
patriotic · red-blooded · conformist · orthodox · mainstream
unamericanmainstream
Dominant cultural current
conventional · orthodox · conformist · traditional · wholesome
America, American, Americans, Americana, Americanize, Americanization, Native American, South American, North American