non-American

adjective

non-Amer·​i·​can ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən 

-ˈmər-,

-ˈme-rə-

: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American

… his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.

—John Barth

non-American noun

… those things that non-Americans most immediately associate with America.

—Anthony Quinton

Examples of non-American in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because a ban would primarily affect American TikTok users, the only people who’d have incentives to join a new app would be Americans, Hon said, with the possible addition of non-American users who hope to re-follow their favorite creators there. —Angela Yang, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024

That’s because Almodóvar is a renowned gay artist who brings his perspective to his work but also because, crucially, this is a movie that meditates on American identity made by a non-American director. —James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024

The track also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, making Duff the first non-American Idol artist to accomplish this in four months. —Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024

Jones now joins Australian Lauren Jackson and Belgian Emma Meesseman as the only non-American players to win a Finals MVP. —Johannes Sasay-Wada, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above