Definition of Asian American in English:

Asian American

Translate Asian American into Spanish

noun

An American who is of Asian (in particular East Asian) descent.
‘The ethnic heritages of European Americans, Asian Americans, and African Americans are totally different.’
- ‘African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanics have a disproportionate burden for cancer deaths compared to the white population.’
- ‘When we use terms such as African American, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans, we uppercase those terms.’
- ‘In a decade, the program has provided 60 Blacks, Latinos, American Indians and Asian Americans with teaching degrees.’
- ‘The three major minority groups are expected to be African Americans, Hispanic and Asian Americans.’
- ‘Most of the students involved are African American, Latino, Asian American and American Indian.’
- ‘This kind of ethnic density simply offers Korean Americans and other Asian Americans seeking community more opportunities to strengthen ethnic ties.’
- ‘African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans are editorial page editors and op-ed editors as well as editorial writers and columnists.’
- ‘The students were from diverse backgrounds, including White, Asian American, and African American students.’
- ‘She has also done research on African American and Asian American relations in the twentieth century.’
- ‘In fact, the best way for non-Asian American candidates and parties to appeal to Asian Americans online is to appeal to them offline as well.’
- ‘American Buddhism, in particular, is growing among both Asian Americans as well as the general American population.’
- ‘Chinese Americans constitute the largest group of Asian Americans.’
- ‘What can Asian Americans do to find a unified voice in American politics?’
- ‘Previous research has also determined that Asians and Asian Americans tend to seek help from social networks rather than from professionals such as counselors.’
- ‘It also happens to be the number-one industry that both Latinos and Asian Americans would most like to work within.’
- ‘Asians and Asian Americans occasionally ask me the same question, but possibly with different meaning.’
- ‘Five researchers are female and one is male; four were white, one is Mexican American, and one Asian American.’
- ‘Unfamiliarity with therapy may prompt some Asian Americans to safeguard personal information and to avoid the discussion of sensitive topics when in treatment.’
- ‘Psychology wasn't really something Asian Americans considered going into as a field.’

Pronunciation

Asian American

/ˌāZHən əˈmer(ə)k(ə)n/ /ˌeɪʒən əˈmɛr(ə)k(ə)n/

adjective

Relating to Asian Americans.
‘Right now, though, there is a subterranean wave of Asian-American films, particularly documentaries, which can be detected at gatherings like the Asian-American film festival here last month.’
- ‘This tale of privileged Asian-American high schoolers whose studious, overachieving image serves as a cover for criminal activity drew criticism for the bleakly amoral light it throws on its subjects.’
- ‘Although she was drawn to New York because of its large Chinese population, Mah is cultivating a reputation as a designer with a New York style, rather than as an Asian-American designer.’
- ‘And he not only develops art around the conflation of the personal and political, but also actively works around these issues in the Asian-American community.’
- ‘As a sixth generation Chinese-American, I see myself as one of the many Asian-American designers who will be taking the art and design world by storm in the years to come.’
- ‘In honor of Asian-American Month, we spotlight three musicians who pay homage to, and foretell the future of, this unique cross-cultural mix.’
- ‘How do you feel about the lack of an Asian-American presence in the hip-hop mainstream of the United States?’
- ‘An avalanche of movies about the rich and varied Asian-American experience is long overdue; perhaps Lin's work will prompt that.’
- ‘There were never a lot of Asian-American comics to begin with.’
- ‘More recent studies seem to point in the direction that there is a need to clarify conceptual findings by examining intra-group differences within the Asian-American population.’
- ‘There's a large selection of African-American interest books for children, as well as Native-American, Jewish and Asian-American titles.’
- ‘A study published in Cancer shows that Asian-American cancer patients have stomach tumors with different biologic traits than the tumors found in non-Asians.’
- ‘What school will not only add majors - environmental studies, Asian-American studies, computer science - but have the temerity to cut them?’
- ‘When ABC approached her to star as herself in the first sitcom to feature an Asian-American family, Cho was desperate to get off the road and thrilled by the idea of being a working actress.’
- ‘Gone is the tight focus on the Asian-American experience, the self-recriminating, hapless protagonists and the language dense as bamboo thickets.’
- ‘The magazine also reports on the media and the manner in which it covers Asian Americans and Asian American issues.’
- ‘Gender differences in parental control were not as apparent among African American and Asian American youth.’
- ‘There are essays by a Latina feminist and an Asian American feminist.’
- ‘The Asian American literary movement is one of the most remarkable in American literary history.’