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anti-American

[ an-tee-uh-mer-i-kuhn, an-tahy- ]

adjective

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


noun

  1. an anti-American person.

anti-American

adjective

  1. opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • anti-A·meri·can·ism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anti-American1

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

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.

“The Houthi media blames everything on the Americans and the Houthis are very anti-American-government,” says Schmitz.

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?

The house of Joyes and Sons, though considered as anti-American, were particularly civil.

I never heard Oswald make any anti-American or pro-Communist statements.

Its central idea of government being that of priesthood rule, how could it be otherwise than anti-American?

Is it anti-American to have priesthood rule in an ecclesiastical institution—in a Church?

If it is anti-American to have priesthood rule in a church organization, then every church in the land is anti-American.

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