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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But the sudden thaw in relations with Washington has fueled suspicion among hard-line chavistas that Rodríguez is abandoning the movement’s deeply anti-American ideology.
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The latter will be answered with the stats about the very first McDonald’s opened in China (Shenzhen) in 1990, this after decades of the CCP feeding its people anti-American propaganda.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Democratic strategist Anthony Coley said Democrats should frame the argument as anti-American.
—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
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Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The latter will be answered with the stats about the very first McDonald’s opened in China (Shenzhen) in 1990, this after decades of the CCP feeding its people anti-American propaganda.
—John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Democratic strategist Anthony Coley said Democrats should frame the argument as anti-American.
—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
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“Anti-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-American. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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