antipower en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + power.
Meanings
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Opposing political power.
Despite the antipower outlook that pervaded American culture, Presidents, beginning with Washington, felt that their conscience, tempered by the advice of their associates, must be their main guide.
1968, Doris Appel Graber, Public opinion, the President, and foreign policy:This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River.
2002, Frank Tenaille, translated by Steven Toussaint and Hope Sandrine, Music Is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books, →ISBN, page 182:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most antipower | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more antipower | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |