anti-French

Anti-French sentiment refers to any manifestation of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination against the French people or the Francophonie. It is most generally based upon a disdain for French culture or the French language, and has been recorded across several countries and regions for centuries. The phenomenon may be motivated by a variety of factors, such as broader feelings of xenophobia or due to certain political developments involving France. Historically, French rivalries with the British and the Germans, among others, largely shaped anti-French sentiment in Europe. The Age of Discovery enabled the spread of this sentiment to varying degrees in the colonized Americas, particularly in British colonies that developed in direct competition with French colonies. Today, political and cultural anti-French sentiment is prominent in many African countries that were colonized by France, as well as in some parts of Anglophone Canada.