anti-government adjective (mainly USantigovernment)uk /ˌæn.tiˈɡʌv.ə.mənt/ us /ˌæn.t̬iˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt//ˌæn.taɪˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/ opposed to a particular government: Police clashed with anti-government protesters. He fled after taking part in anti-government demonstrations. Synonym
anti-administration opposed generally to the idea of government: There is no anti-government or anti-authority sentiment. The tendency is to have a libertarian outlook and to be anti-government. Troops fired on anti-government demonstrators. There have been antigovernment protests. Last year there were anti-government riots. They say they aren't anti-government. He is anti-green and anti-government. Anti-government libertarianism is on the rise. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Political movements & groups alt-right ANC anti-Bolshevik anti-Bolshevism anti-capitalism big tent black bloc Blairite Blue Dog leftism leftist leftward lefty sectarian sectarianism segregationist Sinn Fein Sovietism the BNP the lunatic fringeidiom |