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

There have been no signs of the anti-government demonstrations resuming. — Magdalena Del Valle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

During his tenure, more than a dozen teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured. — CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Tear gas is regularly used by police in Tbilisi to break up anti-government demonstrations that have taken place without interruption for more than 600 days. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

Syria's conflict, which began with anti-government protests in March 2011 before turning into a civil war, left half a million people dead and over 1 million wounded. — Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-government

• misgovernment
• nongovernment