antigovernment en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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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- Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)bor. Latin gubernāre Old French governer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French governementbor. Middle English governement English government English antigovernment From anti- + government.
Meanings
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Opposed to a government currently in power.
And finally, the transnational discourses of antiapartheidism and divestiture had led the U.K. television industry to ban sales of current programs to South Africa, again shaping the ways Bop-TV could enact its particular form of antigovernment, antiapartheid cultural politics.
2013 April 1, Timothy Havens, Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe (Book collections on Project MUSE), NYU Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 75:Antigovernment protesters marched in the capital.
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Opposed to government in general.
It is tempting to see these vacancies through the feature-not-a-bug lens of the Republican Party’s antigovernment politics. If a party doesn’t care about governing, why would it care that the government isn’t functioning?
2023 October 31, Nicole Hemmer, “Opinion: Hard-right Republicans say they hate government, but they sure love the power”, in CNN:Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.
2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN:They have an antigovernment philosophy.
This diverse set of extremists reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats.
2021 April 9, “Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community”, in Office of the Director of National Intelligence, page 24:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most antigovernment | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more antigovernment | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| anti-government | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
progovernment (antonym(s) of “opposed to all government”) · progovernment (antonym(s) of “opposed to a government”) · pro-government (antonym(s) of “opposed to a government”) · pro-government (antonym(s) of “opposed to all government”)
Synonyms
anarchist (opposed to all government) · opposition (opposed to a government)
Translations (30)
sk protivládny (opposed to a government in general) · cmn 反政府 (opposed to a government currently in power) · fi hallituksenvastainen (opposed to a government currently in power) · pl antyrządowy (opposed to a government in general) · fr antigouvernemental (opposed to a government in general) · bg антиправи́телствен (opposed to a government currently in power) · de regierungsfeindlich (opposed to a government currently in power) · ru антиправи́тельственный (opposed to a government currently in power) · ru антиправи́тельственный (opposed to a government in general) · el αντικυβερνητικός (opposed to a government currently in power) · pt antigoverno (opposed to a government currently in power) · cs protivládní (opposed to a government in general) · pt antigovernamental (opposed to a government in general) · ja 反政府 (opposed to a government currently in power) · pt antigoverno (opposed to a government in general) · be антыўра́давы (opposed to a government in general) · sk protivládny (opposed to a government currently in power) · cs protivládní (opposed to a government currently in power) · pl antyrządowy (opposed to a government currently in power) · uk антиурядо́вий (opposed to a government currently in power) · fi hallituksenvastainen (opposed to a government in general) · fr antigouvernemental (opposed to a government currently in power) · id antipemerintah (opposed to a government currently in power) · ko 반정부 (opposed to a government currently in power) · uk антиурядо́вий (opposed to a government in general) · id antipemerintah (opposed to a government in general) · be антыўра́давы (opposed to a government currently in power) · ca antigovernamental (opposed to a government currently in power) · pt antigovernamental (opposed to a government currently in power) · de regierungskritisch (opposed to a government currently in power)