anti-corporate

adjective

an·​ti-cor·​po·​rate
ˌan-tē-ˈkȯr-p(ə-)rət,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-corporate (audio)
variants or less commonly anticorporate
: not favoring or promoting the interests of corporations : opposed to or hostile toward corporations or corporate interests
anti-corporate laws
an anticorporate climate

Examples of anti-corporate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Petersen has become famous for making beautiful bikes, using materials and components that his industry has mostly abandoned, and for promoting a vision of cycling that is low-key, functional, anti-car, and anti-corporate. Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 The week before the Convention, Colby had addressed the New Right at the National Conservatism Conference, an annual gathering that attracts the anti-internationalist, anti-immigrant, and anti-corporate wing of the Republican Party. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024 The 26-year-old activist — who names the Unabomber as one of his heroes — and his band of fellow local anarchists roam downtown Seattle, breaking windows, setting fires, and covering storefronts with anti-corporate slogans. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024 The news reflects continued pressure on Biden to lean more into populist, anti-corporate appeals. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 26 June 2024 Khanna won legitimacy on the left by backing Sanders in 2020 and has addressed his own potential vulnerabilities, including a personal fortune worth tens of millions of dollars through his wife’s family, by backing the Green New Deal and other anti-corporate positions, Jayapal said. Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024 Independence allows people to talk about celebrities in a way that is anti-fandom and anti-corporate media and honest. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 May 2024 Even many longtime Republicans are repulsed by the anti-corporate direction MAGA partisans are increasingly taking. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 29 May 2024 Being an anti-corporate teen rebel, Warren did not stick with Lollapalooza as its alternative intent got watered down, in his view. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 May 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-corporate was in 1847

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“Anti-corporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-corporate. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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