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.

Origin of anti-American

1
1765–75, Americanism, in sense “anticolonial”; anti- + American

Other words from anti-American

  • an·ti-A·mer·i·can·ism, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for anti-American

anti-American

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

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