anti-American
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English
Etymology
Adjective
anti-American (comparative more anti-American, superlative most anti-American)
- Opposing the United States.
- 2002 February 4, Inger Weibust, “How Should U.S. Answer Hate?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 October 2023, Opinion:
- As Salman Rushdie says, you don't have to travel far to find anti-Americanism (Op-Ed, Feb. 4). Teaching at a Canadian university, I have been astounded by some students who say the Al Qaeda attacks, inside or outside the United States, were justified because only Americans were targeted. Remaking Osama bin Laden in their own anti-American image, they insist he has no quarrel with Canada or others, just the United States.
These apologists may yet discover that this movement is profoundly anti-Western as well as anti-American.
- Opposing American values.
Usage notes
- GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise.
Related terms
Translations
opposing America
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opposing American values
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References
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Further reading
- “anti-American”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- anti-American at Google Ngram Viewer
- “anti-American, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “anti-American”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “anti-American”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “anti-American” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.