anti–politics
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noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
an·ti–pol·i·tics
\ˌan-tē-ˈpä-lə-ˌtiks, ˌan-tī-\
variants: or
antipolitics
Definition of anti–politics
: reaction against or rejection of the practices or attitudes associated with traditional politics Tories know that recession and the rise of anti-politics, stoked by stories of Westminster sleaze, means that loathing for the government does not imply love for its opponents. — The Economist Antipolitics served up by a well-heeled conservative who looks like an outsider will probably beat the new politics the Greens are still trying to invent. — Marc Cooper
From the M-W Editors
1843
First Known Use of anti–politics
1843
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