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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Lula’s insistence on maintaining ties with the late anti-American autocrat, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, stoked tensions.
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Ron Kampeas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
After the shah fled, the revolution’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned from exile and pursued an anti-American foreign policy that remains today.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Investigators said his electronic devices showed viewings of radical anti-American videos, and that Salah had made at least one video of his own outside a church in San Francisco.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The anti-American side focuses exclusively on the tragedies, usually makes slavery the chief argument for the prosecution, and dismisses the triumphs as hypocritical rhetoric.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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Ron Kampeas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
After the shah fled, the revolution’s spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned from exile and pursued an anti-American foreign policy that remains today.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Investigators said his electronic devices showed viewings of radical anti-American videos, and that Salah had made at least one video of his own outside a church in San Francisco.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The anti-American side focuses exclusively on the tragedies, usually makes slavery the chief argument for the prosecution, and dismisses the triumphs as hypocritical rhetoric.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Anti-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-American. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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