Sentence:  But even if we cannot see the repulsive characteristics in this new image of <WSD>America</WSD> , foreigners can ; and our loss of `` prestige '' abroad is the direct result . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776