anti-corporate
adjective
an·ti-cor·po·rate
ˌan-tē-ˈkȯr-p(ə-)rət 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly anticorporate
: not favoring or promoting the interests of corporations : opposed to or hostile toward corporations or corporate interests
anti-corporate laws
an anticorporate climate
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Intense anti-corporate sentiment has faded almost completely today, but was widely felt during and for decades after the Great Depression.
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Gradually, though, the anti-corporate spirit of the ’90s gave way to the monetized hustle culture of the 2010s.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
For decades, skiing in the backcountry – far from chairlifts, parking lots and the apres-ski bar scene – was the domain of only the most dedicated, or the most anti-corporate, adherents of the sport.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Could the anti-corporate populists who staffed bits of the Biden administration find common ground with a coalescing MAGA ideology apart from the figure of Donald Trump?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Starbucks’s move to expand security for its CEO underscores how an increasingly anti-corporate environment is posing mounting challenges for high-profile figures.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2026
Mamdani's anti-corporate, anti-billionaire message resonates with voters across the country as the price of housing, groceries, health care and utilities have soared while many young people struggle to find well-paying jobs.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Some aspects of his embrace of Trumpism—and, with it, an insistent economic populism and anti-corporate posture—strike me as sincere, and others less so.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
During its time under L’Oréal, The Body Shop experienced:
Mission mismatch: A brand built on anti-corporate and cruelty-free values clashed with L’Oréal’s scale-first ethos.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Gradually, though, the anti-corporate spirit of the ’90s gave way to the monetized hustle culture of the 2010s.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
For decades, skiing in the backcountry – far from chairlifts, parking lots and the apres-ski bar scene – was the domain of only the most dedicated, or the most anti-corporate, adherents of the sport.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Could the anti-corporate populists who staffed bits of the Biden administration find common ground with a coalescing MAGA ideology apart from the figure of Donald Trump?
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Starbucks’s move to expand security for its CEO underscores how an increasingly anti-corporate environment is posing mounting challenges for high-profile figures.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2026
Mamdani's anti-corporate, anti-billionaire message resonates with voters across the country as the price of housing, groceries, health care and utilities have soared while many young people struggle to find well-paying jobs.
—Dan Morrison, USA Today, 1 Jan. 2026
Some aspects of his embrace of Trumpism—and, with it, an insistent economic populism and anti-corporate posture—strike me as sincere, and others less so.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
During its time under L’Oréal, The Body Shop experienced:
Mission mismatch: A brand built on anti-corporate and cruelty-free values clashed with L’Oréal’s scale-first ethos.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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“Anti-corporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-corporate. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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