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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> | ||
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." | |||
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. | |||
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 | |||
*[[Adolf Hitler]] | *[[Adolf Hitler]] | ||
*[[Nazi Party]] | *[[Nazi Party]] |