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counter-authoritarian

counter-authoritarian adjective: synonym of antiauthoritarian.

Adjective

counter-authoritarian (comparative more counter-authoritarian, superlative most counter-authoritarian)

  1. Synonym of antiauthoritarian.

Synonyms of counter-authoritarian

Forms of counter-authoritarian

comparativemore counter-authoritarian
superlativemost counter-authoritarian
alternative formcounterauthoritarian

Origin of counter-authoritarian

From counter- + authoritarian.

Questions about counter-authoritarian

What does counter-authoritarian mean?
Counter-authoritarian means synonym of antiauthoritarian.
What part of speech is counter-authoritarian?
Counter-authoritarian is an adjective.

Words near counter-authoritarian in the dictionary

  1. counter-attacked
  2. counter-attacker
  3. counter-attackers
  4. counter-attacking
  5. counter-attacks
  6. counter-authoritarian
  7. counter-battery
  8. counter-canter
  9. counter-cantered
  10. counter-cantering
  11. counter-canters

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