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{{Quote|Death to America!|[[Ali Khamenei]]}}<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">[[File:Images2867.jpg|right]]The term</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> </span>'''anti-Americanism'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, or</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> </span>'''anti-American sentiment '''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">a.k.a</span>''' Americophobia'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, refers to opposition or hostility to the policies, culture, economics or international role of the United States. Common contemporary negative stereotypes of Americans include that Americans are: aggressive, arrogant, ignorant, imperialistic, know-it-alls, loudmouthed, militaristic, obsessed with making money rather than making friends, too moralistic, obnoxious, and that many Americans are overweight.</span>
{{Quote|Death to America!|[[Ali Khamenei]]}}<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">[[File:Images2867.jpg|right]]The term</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> </span>'''anti-Americanism'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, or</span><span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> </span>'''anti-American sentiment '''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">a.k.a</span>''' Americophobia'''<span style="font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, refers to opposition or hostility to the policies, culture, economics or international role of the United States. Common contemporary negative stereotypes of Americans include that Americans are: aggressive, arrogant, ignorant, imperialistic, know-it-alls, loudmouthed, militaristic, obsessed with making money rather than making friends, too moralistic, obnoxious, and that many Americans are overweight.</span>


<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">Political scientist Brendan O'Connor suggests that Anti-Americanism cannot be isolated as a consistent phenomenon and that the term originated as a rough composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms towards Americans or the United States, evolving to more politically-based criticism. French scholar Marie-France Toinet says use of the term "is only fully justified if it implies systematic opposition – a sort of allergic reaction – to America as a whole."</p>
Political scientist Brendan O'Connor suggests that Anti-Americanism cannot be isolated as a consistent phenomenon and that the term originated as a rough composite of stereotypes, prejudices and criticisms towards Americans or the United States, evolving to more politically-based criticism. French scholar Marie-France Toinet says use of the term "is only fully justified if it implies systematic opposition – a sort of allergic reaction – to America as a whole."


<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">Discussions on anti-Americanism have in most cases lacked a precise definition of what the sentiment entails (other than a general disfavor), which has led to the term being used broadly and in an impressionistic manner, resulting in the inexact impressions of the many expressions described as anti-American.</p>
Discussions on anti-Americanism have in most cases lacked a precise definition of what the sentiment entails (other than a general disfavor), which has led to the term being used broadly and in an impressionistic manner, resulting in the inexact impressions of the many expressions described as anti-American.


<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;">Many people who are anti-American also burn, stomp on, and spit on American flags, as well as protest against the national anthem.</p>
Many people who are anti-American also burn, stomp on, and spit on American flags, as well as protest against the national anthem.


==People and Groups==
People and Groups
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Nazi Party]]
*[[Nazi Party]]