Posted by HCN on Tuesday, September 3, 2013
American
A·mer·i·can
[uh-mer-i-kuhn]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the United States of America or its inhabitants: an American citizen.
2.
of or pertaining to North or South America; of the Western Hemisphere: the American continents.
3.
of or pertaining to the aboriginal Indians of North and South America, usually excluding the Eskimos, regarded as being of Asian ancestry and marked generally by reddish to brownish skin, black hair, dark eyes, and prominent cheekbones.
noun
4.
a citizen of the United States of America.
5.
a native or inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere.
6.
an Indian of North or South America.
7.
American English.
8.
a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, four driving wheels, and no rear truck.
Americanism
A·mer·i·can·ism
[uh-mer-i-kuh-niz-uhm]
noun
1.
a custom, trait, or thing peculiar to the United States of America or its citizens.
2.
a word, phrase, or other language feature that is especially characteristic of the English language as spoken or written in the U.S.
3.
devotion to or preference for the U.S. and its institutions.
4.
anything, as a custom or word, peculiar to America.
unamerican
un-A·mer·i·can
[uhn-uh-mer-i-kuhn]
adjective
not American; not characteristic of or proper to the U.S.; foreign or opposed to the characters, values, standards, goals, etc., of the U.S.
unamericanism
un-A·mer·i·can
[uhn-uh-mer-i-kuhn]
adjective ...
not American...
Related forms
un-A·mer·i·can·ism, noun
ism
[iz-uhm]
noun
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice: This is the age of isms.
Above definitions source http://dictionary.reference.com/
Are there zones where one can start off standing correctly against what is unamerican, to drifting to delusional buildups on unamericanism, and while caught up in delusional ism, result in detracting from the progress of what is American?