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antiestablishment

[an-tee-i-stab-lish-muhnt, an-tahy-]

adjective

  1. opposed to or working against the existing power structure or mores, as of society or government.

    Antiestablishment candidates promised to disband the army, Congress, and the cabinet if elected.



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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of antiestablishment1

First recorded in 1955–60; anti- + establishment
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The real answer is pragmatic progressivism—not defending captured institutions but reimagining government—by explicitly channeling antiestablishment anger into pro-government reform.

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Empathizing with Mangione is simply not uncommon, nor is it exclusive to antiestablishment lefties, who relish any evidence of an armed revolt against the entrenched oligarchy, especially when it comes from someone iconoclastically hot.

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But Bannon is a committed antiestablishment man and a true believer in his cause.

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That is why US News predicts that they will lead “a radical antiestablishment medical movement with roots in past centuries… threatening the achievements of a science-based public health order painstakingly built since World War II.â€

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The “Tlatelolco massacre,†during which Mexican security forces opened fire on demonstrators, unfolded amid the global upheaval of the 1960s, notable for antiestablishment, antiwar and civil rights protests.

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