Americaness
UK/əˈmɛɹɪkənəs/US/əˈmɛɹəkənəs/
Americaness is the rare form of Americanness.
Meaning of Americanness
Noun
Americanness (usually uncountable, plural Americannesses)
- The quality or characteristic of being American.
- “There is a political equation of Americanness with speaking English,” said Arias. “People who don’t speak English are just as American as those who do.”2018 June 15, Harmeet Kaur, “FYI: English isn’t the official language of the United States”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Americanity
Noun
Americaness (plural Americanesses)
- A female American.
- With such expectations, then, every true American and Americaness was expected to be at his or her post, for the solemn occasion.1839, James Fenimore Cooper, Home as Found, page 93
- 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 Stowe1856, Household Words, volume 35
Forms of Americaness
| plural | Americanesses |
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Origin of Americaness
From American + -ness or America + -ness.
From American + -ess.
Questions about Americaness
- What does Americaness mean?
- Americaness means a female American.
- What is Americaness the rare form of?
- Americaness is the rare form of Americanness.
- What part of speech is Americaness?
- Americaness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Americaness?
- Americaness is pronounced /əˈmɛɹɪkənəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Americaness?
- The plural of Americaness is Americanesses.
Words near Americaness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Americaness (page history and authors); Americanness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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