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

Thousands of people, including many students, were arrested as Iranian authorities launched a brutal crackdown to quash massive anti-government protests early this year, and some have already been executed. —April 21, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

Zolghadr played a central role in the regime’s strategies for cracking down on anti-government demonstrations, including in the 2009 Green Movement protests. —Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026

Audiences broke out in anti-government chants during concerts at summer festivals. —Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

On streets and avenues across the capital, drivers blared car horns and cranked up anti-government songs while people marching in the streets chanted and screamed. —Justin Spike, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-government

• misgovernment
• nongovernment