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anti-American, a.|æntɪəˈmɛrɪkən|
[f. anti-1 3 a + American.]
Hostile to the interests of the United States, opposed to Americans. Hence anti-Aˈmericanism, a spirit of hostility towards Americans.
1773in Amer. Speech (1945) XX. 269 The anti-American doctrine of the parliament's right in all cases. 1838in J. S. Buckingham America (1841) I. ix. 173 Now our young men are rogues and fops, with extravagant anti-American notions. 1844P. Hone Diary (1889) II. 238 Most of them seem to have escaped the foppery of foreign manners and the bad taste of anti-Americanism. 1932H. Nicolson Public Faces xi. 301 Not only did he regard it [sc. the communication] as fresh in tone, but he regarded it as anti-American in substance..not merely against the Monroe Doctrine, but against the freedom of the seas. 1958Spectator 1 Aug. 167/1 It is not anti-Americanism to feel that now, more than ever, we need to cultivate our own idiom and qualities. 1963Guardian 21 Feb. 16/7 The Labour Party—which is anti-American without being pro-European. |