anti-American
adjective
an·ti-Amer·i·can
ˌan-tē-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən 
-ˈmər-,
-ˈme-rə-,
ˌan-ˌtī-
: opposed or hostile to the people or the government policies of the U.S.
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Democratic strategist Anthony Coley said Democrats should frame the argument as anti-American.
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Amie Parnes, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2026
Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Using the considerable reach at its fingertips, Al Jazeera advances points of view that are typically anti-American, anti-Israeli, and broadly anti-Western.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
His remarks were denounced back home as anti-American.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Amie Parnes, The Hill, 18 Jan. 2026
Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Using the considerable reach at its fingertips, Al Jazeera advances points of view that are typically anti-American, anti-Israeli, and broadly anti-Western.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
His remarks were denounced back home as anti-American.
—CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Anti-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-American. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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