anti-politics
anti-politics is the alternative form of antipolitics.
Meaning of antipolitics
Noun
antipolitics (countable and uncountable, plural antipolitics)
- Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
- the politics (perhaps we should say the anti-politics) of those who desired no compulsory civil government at all1853, William Goodell, Slavery and Anti-slavery, page 518
- Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.
- Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way.1984, George Konrad, Antipolitics: An Essay
- An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
- The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.1978, Brian Loveman; Thomas M. Davies, Jr., The Politics of Antipolitics
- Avoidance of political debates and controversies.
Forms of anti-politics
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Questions about anti-politics
- What is anti-politics the alternative form of?
- Anti-politics is the alternative form of antipolitics.
Words near anti-politics in the dictionary
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