ANTI-AMERICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anti-American mean? 

• ANTI-AMERICAN (noun)
  The noun ANTI-AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies

  Familiarity information: ANTI-AMERICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTI-AMERICAN (adjective)
  The adjective ANTI-AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. opposed to the United States and its policies

  Familiarity information: ANTI-AMERICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTI-AMERICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is opposed to the United States and its policies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anti-American" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

anti-American (opposed to the United States and its policies)

• ANTI-AMERICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Opposed to the United States and its policies

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Antonym:

pro-American (supporting the United States and its policies)

Pertainym:

America (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Derivation:

anti-American (a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies)