againstism
againstism noun: the perspective or activity of being against something, or of having a contrary demeanor in general; a pattern of repeated opposition or criticism.
Noun
againstism (countable and uncountable, plural againstisms)
- The perspective or activity of being against something, or of having a contrary demeanor in general; a pattern of repeated opposition or criticism.
- The new Administration had come in on a tidal wave of angry againstism — against Hoover, against Big Business, against the bankers and the speculators, whom the American people blamed severally and jointly for all their troubles.1944, Benjamin Stolberg, Tailor's progress: the story of a famous union and the men who made it ..., Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., page 203
- The Republican party in those days was not a party of againstism or negativism.1950, Collier's, volume 125, Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, page 9
- Synonyms:
- contrarianism
Examples of againstism in a sentence
- 'Againstism', it may be thought, is not a quality which would necessarily be welcomed among immigrants.1970, Sir Anthony Glyn (bart.), The blood of a Britishman, Hutchinson, page 248:
- There is a glorious tradition amongst Italian soccer fans of againstism - supporting whoever is playing against the team you hate.2007, John Foot, Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer, Nation Books, →ISBN, page 314:
- The protesters displayed what we might call a vague “againstism”: they were against the “government,” the “system,” “hierarchy,” “lack of opportunities,” and ultimately “consumer society” as a whole.2012, Bryan-Paul Frost, “Raymond Aron's Pedagogical Constitution and Pursuit of Liberal Education”, in John Von Heyking, Lee Trepanier...
Synonyms of againstism
Forms of againstism
| plural | againstisms |
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Origin of againstism
From against + -ism.
Questions about againstism
- What does againstism mean?
- Againstism means the perspective or activity of being against something, or of having a contrary demeanor in general; a pattern of repeated opposition or criticism.
- How do you use againstism in a sentence?
- 'Againstism', it may be thought, is not a quality which would necessarily be welcomed among immigrants.
- What part of speech is againstism?
- Againstism is a noun.
- What is the plural of againstism?
- The plural of againstism is againstisms.
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