antiestablishment
adjective
ˌan-tī-\
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Quickly rising to become part of London fashion’s antiestablishment establishment, his 1995 London Fashion Week show received the ultimate Establishment hat tip: It was attended by Diana, Princess of Wales. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, "Joe Casely-Hayford, the British Fashion Designer, Dies at 62," 3 Jan. 2019 At the extremes of the political spectrum, antiestablishment parties on the far right and far left are expected to gain at least a third of seats in the new European Parliament, according to Poll of Polls, an EU opinion polls aggregator. — Valentina Pop, WSJ, "Europe’s Center-Right Parties Face Threats on Continental Stage," 8 Nov. 2018 Tensions flared between European capitals last week when Italy’s new antiestablishment government refused to take in a boat of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean. — Andrea Thomas, WSJ, "Merkel and Macron Unite on Europe’s Future," 19 June 2018 His antiestablishment message has galvanized youth voters upset over corruption and income inequality. — Christine Armario And Joshua Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, "Conservative tops Colombia presidential vote but runoff needed," 28 May 2018 On Monday, as the two antiestablishment parties protested his decision, Mr. Mattarella picked an International Monetary Fund veteran, Carlo Cottarelli, as prime minister-designate... — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202: Trump risks repeating Bush controversy with ZTE deal," 29 May 2018 The re-emergence of political risk in Italy thanks to the formation of an antiestablishment government risks resurrecting bad memories of the eurozone crisis, when contagion spread across the continent. — Richard Barley, WSJ, "Italian Bonds: Out in the Cold," 18 May 2018 In Italy, however, antiestablishment groups are poised to take power on their own for the first time in one of the EU’s major countries. — Marcus Walker, WSJ, "Italy Shakes Europe’s Establishment as Political Upstarts Form Pact to Govern," 13 May 2018 Such an antiestablishment government could spook international investors and is opposed by parts of Italy’s business community. — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, "Bickering Could Leave Italy Without a Government For Months," 23 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'antiestablishment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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