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anti-americanism

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an⋅ti-A⋅mer⋅i⋅can

[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
2. an anti-American person.

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


an⋅ti-A⋅mer⋅i⋅can⋅ism, noun
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an·ti-A·mer·i·can   (ān'tē-ə-měr'ĭ-kən, ān'tī-)
adj.  Opposed or hostile to the government, official policies, or people of the United States.
an'ti-A·mer'i·can·ism n.
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