antiestablishment

adjective

an·​ti·​es·​tab·​lish·​ment ˌan-tē-i-ˈsta-blish-mənt 

ˌan-tī-

: opposed or hostile to the social, economic, and political principles of a ruling class (as of a nation) : opposed to the establishment

The first is the effect of the antiestablishment protests of the 1960s and early 1970s in making people aware of the potential of mass action.

—Daniel Nelson

Examples of antiestablishment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The international touring exhibition is now in residence at the Del Mar Fairgrounds through April 22, and the large-scale show has several interactive elements that focus on the purpose of Banksy’s anonymity as an antiestablishment artist. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Your favorite novelist, no matter how experimental or antiestablishment, all but certainly has some representative taking a 15 percent commission out of her advance, negotiating her contracts, talking her up over cocktails, talking her down from the ledge. —Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

These offices are not the big, antiestablishment utopian workspaces companies like WeWork were known for in the 2010s. —Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026

The 1960s marked a significant pivot in cultural mores, from the adherence to convention both socially and stylistically at the dawn of the decade to the age of antiestablishment fervor and personal empowerment as the period progressed. —Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for antiestablishment

• disestablishment
• reestablishment
• establishment