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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Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Mr. Trump has repeatedly criticized the national network of museums and cultural centers as leftist and anti-American.
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CBS News, 31 May 2025
Stepping out of his lane as an entertainer, Springsteen appealed to anti-American interests (video clips captured a pathetic smattering of applause from the Brit audience, which is undergoing its own social crises), in the form of perverse Americana.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
Make sure that American institutions of higher education do not continue this pathway to being so inaccessible to Americans, but also indoctrination centers of anti-American values.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
One study, completed last year by two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Catherine Luther and Brandon Prins, documented how Russia stoked anti-American sentiment in international media before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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CBS News, 31 May 2025
Stepping out of his lane as an entertainer, Springsteen appealed to anti-American interests (video clips captured a pathetic smattering of applause from the Brit audience, which is undergoing its own social crises), in the form of perverse Americana.
—Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025
Make sure that American institutions of higher education do not continue this pathway to being so inaccessible to Americans, but also indoctrination centers of anti-American values.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
One study, completed last year by two researchers at the University of Tennessee, Catherine Luther and Brandon Prins, documented how Russia stoked anti-American sentiment in international media before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
—Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“Anti-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-American. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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