1
: a person of both European and American ancestry
2
: an American of European and especially white European descent
Examples of Euro-American in a Sentence
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Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Though the hotel is gone now, the casual but upscale Euro-American restaurant still retains a sumptuous spirit in its cigar lounge.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Native American languages have been in decline in the face of Euro-American pressure for centuries.
—Andrew Cowell, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2025
The era of the post–World War II Euro-American alliance is over.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
The failure to secure American dominance in Ukraine may also help close the widening gap in Euro-American relations opened by Trump.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Yet international organizations continue to operate on the assumption of a universal human physiology—one that, in practice, corresponds strikingly with a Euro-American model.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
But to reduce this moment to a Euro-American clash, let alone to resort to clichés about the supposedly essential qualities of Europe and the United States, would be a fundamental mistake.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Discussions of white artists’ practices of modernist primitivism and cultural appropriation often appear strangely taboo in accounts of textile art, as though the lower status of textiles in Euro-American artistic hierarchies precludes them from reinforcing other hierarchies of power.
—K. L. H. Wells, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
Forcing people out of the closet is not exclusive to those who seek to enforce Euro-American norms of gender and sexuality.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Though the hotel is gone now, the casual but upscale Euro-American restaurant still retains a sumptuous spirit in its cigar lounge.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Native American languages have been in decline in the face of Euro-American pressure for centuries.
—Andrew Cowell, The Conversation, 26 Nov. 2025
The era of the post–World War II Euro-American alliance is over.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
The failure to secure American dominance in Ukraine may also help close the widening gap in Euro-American relations opened by Trump.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Yet international organizations continue to operate on the assumption of a universal human physiology—one that, in practice, corresponds strikingly with a Euro-American model.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
But to reduce this moment to a Euro-American clash, let alone to resort to clichés about the supposedly essential qualities of Europe and the United States, would be a fundamental mistake.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2025
Discussions of white artists’ practices of modernist primitivism and cultural appropriation often appear strangely taboo in accounts of textile art, as though the lower status of textiles in Euro-American artistic hierarchies precludes them from reinforcing other hierarchies of power.
—K. L. H. Wells, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
Noun
Though the hotel is gone now, the casual but upscale Euro-American restaurant still retains a sumptuous spirit in its cigar lounge.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Euro-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Euro-American. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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