anti-French
adjective
an·ti-French
ˌan-tē-ˈfrench 
ˌan-tī-
: opposed to or hostile toward French people, policies, or culture
anti-French sentiments
anti-French protests
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Russia meanwhile has been more welcoming and continues to play into anti-French sentiment by framing itself to African nations as a country that never colonized the continent.
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Chinedu Asadu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
Though successful at first, by 2014, France’s military operations in the region were met with growing anti-French sentiment.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
However, calls to leave the CFA zone do tend to go hand in hand with anti-French and anti-Western sentiment in region.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
The Russian campaigns sowing anti-French disinformation began online early last summer but first became tangible in October 2023 when more than 1,000 bots linked to Russia relayed photos of graffitied Stars of David in Paris and its suburbs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
Early on, in a chapter set in Algiers in 1953, Denise is sideswiped by a car and, recalling the incident a few years later, thinks the car may have been driven by an anti-French insurgent.
—Joan Silber, New York Times, 11 May 2024
The surge in anti-French and anti-Western sentiment sweeping Africa is certainly real, reflecting a pervasive sense of powerlessness that lingers even 60 years after most countries achieved their independence.
—Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
In America, the rise of anti-French sentiment during the early years of the Iraq War led to a marked decline in French first names—but there was no discernible impact on middle names.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
The many historical anomalies in the movie—which are bound to be there—are viewed with his suspicious eye as part of a pattern of anti-French sentiment.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
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Chinedu Asadu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
Though successful at first, by 2014, France’s military operations in the region were met with growing anti-French sentiment.
—Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
However, calls to leave the CFA zone do tend to go hand in hand with anti-French and anti-Western sentiment in region.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2024
The Russian campaigns sowing anti-French disinformation began online early last summer but first became tangible in October 2023 when more than 1,000 bots linked to Russia relayed photos of graffitied Stars of David in Paris and its suburbs.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 4 July 2024
Early on, in a chapter set in Algiers in 1953, Denise is sideswiped by a car and, recalling the incident a few years later, thinks the car may have been driven by an anti-French insurgent.
—Joan Silber, New York Times, 11 May 2024
The surge in anti-French and anti-Western sentiment sweeping Africa is certainly real, reflecting a pervasive sense of powerlessness that lingers even 60 years after most countries achieved their independence.
—Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
In America, the rise of anti-French sentiment during the early years of the Iraq War led to a marked decline in French first names—but there was no discernible impact on middle names.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
The many historical anomalies in the movie—which are bound to be there—are viewed with his suspicious eye as part of a pattern of anti-French sentiment.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Anti-French.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-French. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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