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anticitizenship en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + citizenship.

Meanings

  1. Opposing the granting of citizenship.
    • This kind of discourse was used in reaction to the anticitizenship campaigns of the populist right-wing parties, which consisted of, for example, posters showing Swiss identity cards with a photo of Osama Bin Laden. 2013, Dr Susanne Wessendorf, Second-Generation Transnationalism and Roots Migration:

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anticitizenship en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + citizenship.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Behaviour opposite to that expected of a citizen.
    • Rather than furnishing an education in citizenship, it offers an education in anticitizenship. 1992, Ronald Beiner, What's the Matter with Liberalism?:

Translations (1)

pt anticidadania (behaviour opposite to that expected of a citizen)