anti-Soviet

adjective

an·​ti-So·​vi·​et ˌan-tē-ˈsō-vē-ˌet 

-ˈsä-, 

-vē-ət, 

ˌan-tī- 

: opposing or hostile toward the Soviet Union or Soviet ideology

If the officer in charge of Britain's anti-Soviet plans was a Soviet agent himself, how could any anti-Soviet operation succeed?

—Phillip Knightley

Dozens of Stinger missiles, left over from the 1980s anti-Soviet resistance, are thought to remain hidden in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

—Ben Farmer

… the authorities in Beijing were even more staunchly anti-Soviet than most Americans.

—Arthur Waldron

anti-Sovietism

ˌan-tē-ˈsō-vē-ə-ˌti-zəm, 

-ˈsä-, 

ˌan-tī- 

noun

Their views have been characterized by a visceral anti-Sovietism, a commitment to achieving as much military edge over the Soviet Union as possible …

—Ken Booth

Examples of anti-Soviet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The H-bomb was popular with the American public at moments of peak anti-Soviet fervor, just as 70 percent of South Koreans, facing a nuclear regime to the north, want the bomb today. — Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

For leading protests and spreading anti-Soviet rhetoric and poetry, he was institutionalized. — Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026

Stus died in 1985 in the Russian Perm-36 labour camp, where he had been imprisoned for anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda. — Flora Bigham, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2026

Their marketing campaigns took care to avoid anti-Soviet hostility by emphasizing aspects of Russian culture disconnected from contemporary geopolitics. — Time, 4 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-Soviet

• soviet