un-Americanness

English

Etymology

From un-American +‎ -ness.

Noun

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.