How to Use Americanism in a Sentence

Americanism

noun
  • Americanism is a matter of the spirit and of the soul.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This is a win-win for anti-Americanism and its greed.
    — Jay Reddick, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
  • And by the way, this has never been a one-way street shaped by ugly Americanism.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This fear leads them to think and act in ways wholly out of line with traditional Americanism.
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • How much of the politics of Chávez and Maduro was based on anti-Americanism?
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Mormons, like Catholics, faced questions about their Americanism.
    — Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 2025-01-09
  • The great irony of this exercise in Americanism isn’t that Clark uses the exact same taunt during games.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 2023-04-06
  • The offensive word in question was once an Americanism used to describe having been cheated, swindled or deceived.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 2023-03-15
  • In America, said Matt, there is a certain anti-Americanism at either end of the horseshoe.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2023-03-20
  • And that tended to create, in my parents’ sort of liberal-minded circle, a certain anti-Americanism.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • So, yes, this anti-Americanism and violence on the right--indeed, the mere existence of a monster like Trump--is deeply serious.
    — John Brummett, Arkansas Online, 2022-11-06
  • Khamenei’s anti-Americanism was cloaked in ideology but also driven by self-preservation.
    — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Today, Americanisms are easy for modern lexicographers to find because of the internet and access to large data sets.
    — Sarah Ogilvie, WSJ, 2023-11-11
  • Ed Simon explores Americanism in Edgar Allan Poe’s work (and the abject horrors of being buried alive).
    — Lit Hub Daily, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The truth is that values such as support for Hamas or Hezbollah are simply incompatible with Americanism—period.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • In 1979, after the change of government and a rise in anti-Americanism, defense contractors pulled their workers from Iran.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2022-06-01
  • So this is a temporary hiccup—Indians will be unhappy, anti-Americanism will once again grow within the country’s strategic elite, and stories of American betrayals will persist for years.
    — Happymon Jacob, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Sean Gallup/Getty Images Beyond Levi's, other household names have recently expressed concern at this groundswell of anti-Americanism.
    — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While previous announcements focused on antisemitism, a potentially clearer rhetoric to define and decide on, anti-Americanism was not specifically defined in the announcement.
    — Dan Gooding amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
  • While parts of European societies have long nurtured a growing strain of anti-Americanism, Poland is different—few nations show such consistent sympathy for American citizens and ideals.
    — Sławomir Cenckiewicz, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Chavismo defined itself globally by broadcasting fiery anti-Americanism while courting allies in Havana, Moscow, and Tehran to champion a multipolar world.
    — Boris Muñoz, Time, 3 Apr. 2026
  • By twice keeping San Diego players off the field because of the color of their skin after refusing to allow a Massachusetts player to take the field for the same reason, Chaillaux — the Legion’s varlet of Americanism — struck out.
    — Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • O'Donnell took additional issue with her feeling that Hasselbeck didn't defend the comedian and actress against accusations of anti-Americanism due to her opposition to military advances in Iraq.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026

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