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
  • Football has borrowed the Americanism of calling those who have knack for scoring these decisive goals ‘clutch’.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • No patriots so defaced America as those who, in the name of Americanism, launched a witch hunt that became a byword around the world.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • And that tended to create, in my parents’ sort of liberal-minded circle, a certain anti-Americanism.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Khamenei’s anti-Americanism was cloaked in ideology but also driven by self-preservation.
    — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Western Europe, facing similarly bleak prospects, produced its own converts to Americanism.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • While Lula’s current appeals to sovereignty belong to the progressive tradition, they should not be mistaken for anti-Americanism.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Iran’s mentors were naturally taken aback by the volcanic eruption of popular anti-Americanism in the country in 1978.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • 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
  • Venezuela has run aground under a Chavista regime since 1999, when Hugo Chavez rose to power and created a regime combining left-wing populism, authoritarianism, petro-state largesse, and anti-Americanism.
    — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 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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