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an·ti-pol·i·tics | \ ˌan-tē-ˈpä-lə-ˌtiks 
, ˌan-tī- \
, 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
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