anti-government

adjective

an·​ti-gov·​ern·​ment

ˌan-tē-ˈgə-vər(n)-mənt, 

-və-mənt;

-ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt, 

-vᵊm-;

ˌan-tī- 

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

Examples of anti-government in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Unlike the anti-government protesters, who had reason to fear recognition and reprisal, those carrying pro-government placards showed their faces. —Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026

Lopez was released from a Venezuelan military prison to house arrest in July 2017, after serving over three years of a nearly 14-year sentence for leading anti-government protests against Maduro. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2026

Weaver had connections to the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations and held antisemitic, anti-government beliefs. —Odette Yousef, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026

Thousands of protesters turned out in the streets at those times, with some chanting anti-government slogans and others pro-monarchy ones. —Eric Lob, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-government

• misgovernment
• nongovernment