Pro-American may refer to the following ideologies that express support for the United States, its culture, or its government: American imperialism, a term used to describe the far-reaching cultural and political influence of the United States beyond its borders American exceptionalism, ideology holding the United States as unique among nations with respect to its ideas of democracy and personal freedom American nationalism, indicates the aspects that characterize and distinguish the United States as an autonomous political community American patriotism, involving cultural attachment to the United States of America Americanism (ideology), patriotic values aimed at creating a collective American identity Americanization, influence the United States of America has on the culture of other countries See also Americanism (disambiguation) Americanization (disambiguation) Anti-Americanism or Americanophobia Pan-American (disambiguation) Pan-Americanism