anti-government

adjective

an·​ti-gov·​ern·​ment
ˌan-tē-ˈgə-vər(n)-mənt,
-və-mənt;
-ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt,
-vᵊm-;
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-government (audio)
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

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Three Kenyan police officers have been charged with the murder of a blogger in police custody that sparked fresh anti-government protests in recent weeks. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 25 June 2025 In 2022, Sima took part in anti-government protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, in police custody. Sara Monetta, NBC news, 19 June 2025 The funds were drained from platform wallets into addresses bearing anti-government messages explicitly referencing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, pointing to a politically motivated cyberattack, Elliptic said. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 June 2025 The hackers cast themselves as anti-government Iranian hacktivists but are widely suspected among cybersecurity experts of having ties to Israel. Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for anti-government

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-government was in 1707

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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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