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 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 His broad anti-corporate, anti-bureaucracy, anti-system appeal may also resonate naturally among the kinds of voters who tend to dislike both parties and candidates. Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024 An environmental lawyer and a scion of one of the great American political families, Mr. Kennedy gained further prominence in recent years for his promotion of anti-vaccine falsehoods and conspiracy theories, and for his broadly anti-establishment, anti-corporate ethos. Rebecca Davis O’Brien, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Black masking tape covered the logo on the strap—Kurt’s gesture of anti-corporate protest. Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 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 2 Jul. 2024.

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