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unCanadian en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + Canadian.

Meanings

1. Not Canadian; contrary to or inconsistent with Canada or Canadian values and traditions.
   • British Columbia as a rule has been treated by the culture of Central Canada as somehow exotic and unCanadian, and Alberta as a parochial outback. 1974, Herschel Hardin, A Nation Unaware: The Canadian Economic Culture, J. J. Douglas, page 321:
   • "Under previous governments a lot of us were branded as bogeymen, as somehow unCanadian for our beliefs," Rogusky told a reporter. 2010, Marci McDonald, The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada, Random House Canada, →ISBN, page 89:
   • Tonight he makes the most unCanadian of admissions: he feels his success is deserved. 2003, Donna Bailey Nurse, What's a Black Critic To Do?: Interviews, Profiles and Reviews of Black Writers, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 24:

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