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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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After a harrowing emergency landing on a remote island controlled by anti-government militias, the film veers into full-throttle jungle mayhem, with Butler and Colter teaming up for a violent fight for survival.
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
If the nation’s most prominent group of vaccine advisers bends toward anti-vaccine, the term loses its extremist edge—and the scientists who argue, based on sound data, that vaccines are safe and effective risk being labeled anti-government.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
The current mayor, Eric Adams, visited shortly before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and met with both government officials and anti-government protesters.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
But the bigger obstacle to a new eruption of anti-government rallies may be that Cuba has become an island of old people, several Cuba residents told me.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
If the nation’s most prominent group of vaccine advisers bends toward anti-vaccine, the term loses its extremist edge—and the scientists who argue, based on sound data, that vaccines are safe and effective risk being labeled anti-government.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
The current mayor, Eric Adams, visited shortly before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and met with both government officials and anti-government protesters.
—Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2025
But the bigger obstacle to a new eruption of anti-government rallies may be that Cuba has become an island of old people, several Cuba residents told me.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-government
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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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