anti-establishment

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Etymology

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From anti- +‎ establishment.

Adjective

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anti-establishment (comparative more anti-establishment, superlative most anti-establishment)

  1. Opposed to the existing sociopolitical system (the establishment).
    The hippies were noted for their anti-establishment ways, firmly opposed to the order their parents so revered.
    • 2023 September 21, Jon Henley, “Revealed: one in three Europeans now votes anti-establishment”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Almost one-third of Europeans now vote for populist, far-right or far-left parties, research shows, with wide support for anti-establishment politics surging across the continent in an increasingly problematic challenge to the mainstream.

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