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anticentrism

anticentrism noun: opposition to political centrism.

Noun

anticentrism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to political centrism.
    • The general centrism in these five countries presents an intriguing contrast to the recent party-driven anticentrism of the United States and Britain under Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.1990, Peter J. Katzenstein, Theodore J. Lowi, Sidney G. Tarrow, Comparative theory and political experience

Origin of anticentrism

From anti- + centrism.

Questions about anticentrism

What does anticentrism mean?
Anticentrism means opposition to political centrism.
What part of speech is anticentrism?
Anticentrism is a noun.

Words near anticentrism in the dictionary

  1. anticenter
  2. anticenters
  3. anticentralization
  4. anticentre
  5. anticentres
  6. anticentrism
  7. anticentrist
  8. anticentrists
  9. anticentromere
  10. anticephalalgic
  11. anticephalalgics

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