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antipatronage en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + patronage.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Opposing or seeking to prohibit political patronage
    • A series of antipatronage court rulings had loosened his hold over city workers; demographically, his ward was becoming more like a north lakefront district. 1999 December 24, Ben Joravsky, “Looking Out For Number Two”, in Chicago Reader: