anti-American

American  

[an-tee-uh-mer-i-kuhn, an-tahy-] / ˌæn ti əˈmɛr ɪ kən, ˌæn taɪ- /

adjective

1. opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies.

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noun

1. an anti-American person.

anti-American British  

adjective

1. opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America

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Other Word Forms

• anti-Americanism noun

Etymology

Origin of anti-American

1765–75, in sense “anticolonial”; anti- + American

Example Sentences

The Ayatollah was implacably anti-American, and the revolutionaries stormed the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born a few years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, she was raised in an era when hijabs were mandatory and people had to adhere, she said, to the “anti-American and antisemitic policies of the state.”

From Los Angeles Times

His remarks were denounced back home as anti-American.

From Los Angeles Times

Academics said the Vietnamese government likely acted quickly to shut down the backlash against Fulbright in order to prevent the anti-American sentiment from harming its ties with the U.S., its largest trade partner.

From Los Angeles Times

The closest event he had ever witnessed to this was the July raid which galvanised anti-American sentiment and set the stage for October's confrontation.

From BBC