Meaning of Americaness | Babel Free
Definitions
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Alternative spelling of Americanness. alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- A female American.
Examples
“There was support⟳ for the United States' involvement in Vietnam, though in Lawrence such support⟳ expressed a particular brand of patriotism, an Americaness drawn from the past.”
“Although cultural pride in baseball seems to stem from its Americaness, cultural pride in football seems linked to the sport's manly qualities […]”
“The necessity of race⟳ to Americaness continued through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and remains central to our identity today: […]”
“With such expectations, then, every true American and Americaness was expected to be at his or her post⟳, for the solemn occasion.”
“There was, at the Leek, in the way of literature, aBradshaw, a work⟳ (selling sixty thousand daily, it said) of one of those Americanesses who have⟳ struggled in at the gate of the heaven of popularity before it could be shut⟳ after Mrs. Beecher Stowe”
“This woman is like⟳ most Americanesses - she hates walking.”
“2007 1634: The Baltic War But this office was reputedly run⟳ by Americanesses, and the stories about them were enough to make⟳ any sane man pause. Incredible women, by all accounts”
“2017 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught Between me and the picture of Denise— mostly the portrait—they'll be thinking 'Americans.' Well, Americanesses.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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