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anti-Americanism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌæn.ti.əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən.ɪzm/
  • General-American: /ˌæn.taɪ-/
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noun

Meaning 1

The fear or dislike of the people, policies, culture or government of the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From anti- + American + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: antiamerikanizëm — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Arabic: مُعَادَاة أَمْرِيكَا (muʕādāt ʔamrīkā) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Arabic: مُنَاهَضَة أَمْرِيكَا (munāhaḍat ʔamrīkā) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Armenian: հակաամերիկանիզմ (hakaamerikanizm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Armenian: հակաամերիկանություն (hakaamerikanutʻyun) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Azerbaijani: antiamerikanizm — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Belarusian: антыамерыкані́зм (antyamjerykanízm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Bulgarian: антиамерикани́зъм (antiamerikanízǎm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 反美 (fǎn-Měi) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Czech: antiamerikanismus — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Danish: antiamerikanism — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Dutch: antiamerikanisme — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Estonian: ameerikavastasus — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Finnish: amerikkalaisvastaisuus — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • French: antiaméricanisme — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Georgian: ანტიამერიკანიზმი (anṭiameriḳanizmi) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • German: Antiamerikanismus — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Greek: αντιαμερικανισμός (antiamerikanismós) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Hungarian: Amerika-ellenesség — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Italian: antiamericanismo — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Japanese: 反米 (hanbei) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Japanese: 反米感情 (hanbei kanjō) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Japanese: アンティアメリカニズム (antiamerikanizumu) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Kazakh: антиамериканизм (antiamerikanizm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Korean: 반미 (banmi) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Korean: 반미주의 (banmijuui) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Kyrgyz: антиамериканизм (antiamerikanizm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Latvian: antiamerikānisms — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Lithuanian: antiamerikanizmas — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Macedonian: антиамерикани́зам (antiamerikanízam) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: antiamerikanisme — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Persian: آمْریکاسِتیزی (âmrikâ-setizi) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Polish: antyamerykanizm — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Portuguese: antiamericanismo — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Romanian: antiamericanism — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Russian: антиамерикани́зм (antiamerikanízm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Serbo-Croatian: антиамериканизам — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Serbo-Croatian: antiamerikanizam — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Slovak: antiamerikanizmus — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Slovene: antiamerikanizem — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Spanish: antiamericanismo — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Swedish: antiamerikanism — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Thai: การต่อต้านอเมริกา (gaan-dtɔ̀ɔ-dtâan-à-mee-rí-gaa) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Turkish: Amerikan karşıtlığı — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Ukrainian: антиамерикані́зм (antyamerykanízm) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Urdu: اَمْرِیکا مُخالِف (amrīkā muxālif) — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Uzbek: antiamerikanizm — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa bài Hoa Kì — the fear or dislike of the United States or American people, policies, culture or government