: opposed to or hostile toward British people, policies, or culture
anti-British sentiments
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By this point, the passage of time had softened some of the anger over Arab betrayal, allowing a distinctly anti-British and pro-Arab sentiment to come to the fore.
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Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2015
But after switching parties and leading Monroe’s anti-British and isolationist foreign policy agenda, Adams saw his popularity rise, especially in his native New England.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
The officer questioning the lad is accusing him of anti-British sentiments, resisting arrest and any number of other offenses.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
For decades now, violence has been a central feature of political change in Kenya, from the anti-British Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s to the contested presidential election of 2007.
—Edward Miguel, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2011
Their wild journey features drugs, anti-British rap tunes and feuding with extremist groups and the cops, though the trio's use of the country's mother tongue fuels a youth movement against the establishment trying to tamp down this indigenous language.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Against a roiling political backdrop — the women’s suffrage movement is growing, as is anti-British sentiment — Kaveri and Bhargavi come to a deeper understanding of each other.
—Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
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Nick Danforth, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2015
But after switching parties and leading Monroe’s anti-British and isolationist foreign policy agenda, Adams saw his popularity rise, especially in his native New England.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
The officer questioning the lad is accusing him of anti-British sentiments, resisting arrest and any number of other offenses.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
For decades now, violence has been a central feature of political change in Kenya, from the anti-British Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s to the contested presidential election of 2007.
—Edward Miguel, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2011
Their wild journey features drugs, anti-British rap tunes and feuding with extremist groups and the cops, though the trio's use of the country's mother tongue fuels a youth movement against the establishment trying to tamp down this indigenous language.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
Against a roiling political backdrop — the women’s suffrage movement is growing, as is anti-British sentiment — Kaveri and Bhargavi come to a deeper understanding of each other.
—Sarah Weinman, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
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“Anti-British.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-British. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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