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.

anti-Americanism

ˌan-tē-ə-ˈmer-ə-kə-ˌni-zəm 

ˌan-ˌtī-

noun

Examples of anti-American in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prizegivers have also in the past been accused of being snobbish, of having an anti-American bias and of ignoring some of the giants of literature, including Russia's Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, France's Emile Zola and Ireland's James Joyce. —Simon Johnson, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025

How much hip-hop iconography would be considered anti-American under this new regime of revisionist history? —Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025

Add to that the fact that domestic travel is on the rise, thanks in part to softening international air demand amid global uncertainty, and a concern among some travelers over anti-American sentiment abroad, road trips hold new appeal. —Stacey Lastoe, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025

At worst, as an antisemitic and anti-American cesspool. —Andreas Kluth, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-American

• american