un-Americanness

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English

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Etymology

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From un-American +‎ -ness.

Noun

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un-Americanness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being un-American.
    Coordinate term: anti-Americanness
    • 2014, R. DesRochers, The New Humor in the Progressive Era, Springer, →ISBN:
      [Edward] Harrigan, who is best remembered for his turn-of-the-twentieth-century musical comedies with collaborator Tony Hart, went on to clarify that “if it isn't native, it isn't New York,” by way of explaining the un-Americanness presumably espoused by these new immigrants.