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anti-American
an·ti-A·mer·i·can
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ˌæn
ti
əˈmɛr
ɪ
kən, ˌæn
taɪ-
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an-tee-
uh
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mer
-i-k
uh
n, an-tahy-
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adjective
1.
opposed or hostile to the United States of America, its people, its principles, or its policies.
noun
2.
an anti-American person.
Origin:
1765–75,
Americanism, in sense “anticolonial”;
anti-
+
American
Related forms
an·ti-A·mer·i·can·ism,
noun
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anti-American
—
adj
opposed to anything of or relating to the United States of America
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
Anti-American
also antiamerican, 1793, in ref. to British parliamentary policies, from
anti-
+ American.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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