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antipolitics

antipolitics noun: broad rejection of political institutions and processes.

Noun

antipolitics (countable and uncountable, plural antipolitics)

  1. 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
    • a boisterous antipolitics in which everyone rails against "usurpers in Washington"2008, Peter Alexander Meyers, Civic war and the corruption of the citizen, page 141
  2. 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
    • Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance[…]2000, Daphne Berdahl, Matti Bunzl, Martha Lampland, Altering States
  3. 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
  4. Avoidance of political debates and controversies.

Forms of antipolitics

pluralantipolitics
alternative formanti-politics

Origin of antipolitics

Anti-politics (1843), from anti- + politics.

Questions about antipolitics

What does antipolitics mean?
Antipolitics means broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
What part of speech is antipolitics?
Antipolitics is a noun.
What is the plural of antipolitics?
The plural of antipolitics is antipolitics.

Words near antipolitics in the dictionary

  1. antipoliovirus
  2. antipolitical
  3. antipolitically
  4. antipolitician
  5. antipoliticians
  6. antipolitics
  7. antipollutant
  8. antipollutants
  9. antipolluter
  10. antipolluters
  11. antipolluting

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