The term Anti-Americanism, or Anti-American Sentiment, refers to opposition or hostility to the people, policies, culture or government of the United States. A range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism, and precise meaning and applicability of the term to specific cases is often disputed.
Political scientist Brendan O'Connor suggests that Anti-Americanism cannot be isolated as a ...
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The term Anti-Americanism, or Anti-American Sentiment, refers to opposition or hostility to the people, policies, culture or government of the United States. A range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism, and precise meaning and applicability of the term to specific cases is often disputed.
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 and economically 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...
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