variants
or antigovernment
: opposed to or hostile toward governments or a particular government : opposing or resisting governmental policies and power
anti-government attitudes
an antigovernment demonstration
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The murders in 2024 included eight killings involving white supremacists and five deaths at the hands of far-right anti-government extremists.
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Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, as of 2023, there are 835 anti-government groups and 595 hate groups actively organizing in the U.S.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Travel restrictions lifted in 1992 Even before mass anti-government protests in 2011 were met by a brutal authoritarian crackdown that eventually spiraled into a civil war, Syria’s once-sizeable Jewish population had dwindled to almost nothing.
—Abby Sewell, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
According to Human Rights Watch, more than 300 Nicaraguans were killed and 2,000 injured by police and paramilitary goons in anti-government protests in 2018, a huge number for a small country of only six million people.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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Will Carless, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, as of 2023, there are 835 anti-government groups and 595 hate groups actively organizing in the U.S.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Travel restrictions lifted in 1992 Even before mass anti-government protests in 2011 were met by a brutal authoritarian crackdown that eventually spiraled into a civil war, Syria’s once-sizeable Jewish population had dwindled to almost nothing.
—Abby Sewell, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025
According to Human Rights Watch, more than 300 Nicaraguans were killed and 2,000 injured by police and paramilitary goons in anti-government protests in 2018, a huge number for a small country of only six million people.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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