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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Hunter Biden had been the point man in the decades-long Biden family business of selling access to his father and his political influence to agents of corrupt and anti-American foreign regimes, including the Chinese Communist Party.
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
At the General Assembly, the United States has but one vote of 193 member states and is routinely and overwhelmingly outvoted by an undemocratic, anti-American, and anti-Israel mob on key issues.
—Beth Bailey, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
And funnily enough, my mum was really anti-American.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
At the General Assembly, the United States has but one vote of 193 member states and is routinely and overwhelmingly outvoted by an undemocratic, anti-American, and anti-Israel mob on key issues.
—Beth Bailey, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
And funnily enough, my mum was really anti-American.
—Caroline Tompkins, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-American.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-American. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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