anti-American
[an-tee-uh-mer-i-kuh n, an-tahy-]
- opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies.
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- an anti-American person.
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Origin of anti-American
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Examples from the Web for anti-american
Contemporary Examples
He is the ideological leader of the anti-American Rodina party.
The dangerous, anti-American course of action the show suggests: cooperating with the United Nations.
So not only were they anti-Clinton, but they were anti-American small business and anti-generosity!
Or if the president forced the removal of BBC America from all cable providers for being too anti-American?
Christopher Dickey on the anti-American sentiment behind the bill.
Historical Examples
With all of his anti-American and pro-British ideas he leaped upon it.
The Personality of American CitiesEdward Hungerford
They are not only anti- English, but anti-French, anti-American, and at times bitter.
Germany and the GermansPrice Collier
I replied that I seldom encountered such antagonism in Berlin; that it was chiefly the army which was anti-American.
Germany, The Next Republic?Carl W. Ackerman
Only those who were so sympathetic with Germany that they were anti-American found it pleasant to live there.
Germany, The Next Republic?Carl W. Ackerman
At once the German navy, which has always been anti-American, began building submarines night and day.
Germany, The Next Republic?Carl W. Ackerman
anti-American
- opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
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Word Origin and History for anti-american
Anti-American
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper