a. Opposed to one’s own nation, or to a national party.
1789. Gazette of the United-States, 15 April, 1/3. A depreciated paper medium, and a deficiency of political knowledge, are considered as the causes of the anti-national spirit of this State [NC].
1807. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., V. 193. So selfish, so anti-national a feeling.
1840. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), V. 208. What an anti-national church to this day denominates the Great Rebellion.
1858. Bright, Sp., 29 Oct. (1876), 466. My opinions are not … so anti-national as some … have sometimes assumed.
