antiparty

antiparty adjective: opposing a particular political party.

Adjective

antiparty (comparative more antiparty, superlative most antiparty)

Opposing a particular political party.
- As in the whole country, cadres and poor and lower-middle peasants in our Taning County, inspired by the spirit of the National Conference on Learning From Tachai in Agriculture, were greatly stimulated and high in spirits and resolved to fight hard in the movement of learning from Tachai in...1976 November 5 [1976 November 2], “The 'Gang of Four' Sabotaged the Campaign to Learn From Tachai in Agriculture in a Vain Attempt to Restore Capitalism”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of...
- "They said that I had contacted foreign media and called me anti-China, antipeople and antiparty."2009 January 9, Edward Wong, “Police in China Halt Parents Seeking Investigation Into School Collapses”, in New York Times

antiparty (plural antiparties)

A political party that shuns or rejects the mainstream political establishment.
- Differences arise over what kinds of organization are desirable (eg, political parties or antiparties, professionalized organizations, decentralized networks, communes, grassroots groups) and over tactical questions of what is to be done[…]1999, Douglas Torgerson, The promise of green politics: environmentalism and the public sphere, page 46

From anti- + party.

What does antiparty mean?: Antiparty means opposing a particular political party.
What part of speech is antiparty?: Antiparty can be an adjective or a noun.

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