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.

disloyalty

traitor

One who betrays allegiance

turncoat · defector · collaborator · subversive · treacherous · betrayer · quisling · informer · spy · perfidious

dissent

protester

One who publicly opposes

agitator · nonconformist · iconoclast · reformist · counterculture · anti-establishment · progressive · socialist · communist · anarchist

foreignness

foreign

From another nation

alien · other · stranger · xenophobia · nativist · exclusion · deportation · naturalization · citizenship · belonging

Opposites
national identity and patriotism

unamericanAmerican

From the U.S.

patriotic · all-American · flag-waving · pro-American · apple-pie

political loyalty and conformity

unamericanloyal

Firm in allegiance

patriotic · red-blooded · conformist · orthodox · mainstream

political/cultural conformity

unamericanmainstream

Dominant cultural current

conventional · orthodox · conformist · traditional · wholesome

Family

America, American, Americans, Americana, Americanize, Americanization, Native American, South American, North American

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG