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anti-establishment en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment English anti-establishment From anti- + establishment.

Meanings

1. Opposed to the existing sociopolitical system (the establishment).
   • Almost one-third of Europeans now vote for populist, far-right or far-left parties, research shows, with wide support for anti-establishment politics surging across the continent in an increasingly problematic challenge to the mainstream. 2023 September 21, Jon Henley, “Revealed: one in three Europeans now votes anti-establishment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • The hippies were noted for their anti-establishment ways, firmly opposed to the order their parents so revered.

Forms

Translations (8)

cmn 反建制 (opposed to the existing system) · fr antisystème (opposed to the existing system) · fi järjestelmänvastainen (opposed to the existing system) · fi systeeminvastainen (opposed to the existing system) · fa ضد جریان حاکم (opposed to the existing system) · el αντικαθεστωτικός (opposed to the existing system) · cmn 反正統 /反正统 (opposed to the existing system) · pt antiestabelecimento (opposed to the existing system)