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
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The outspoken publisher and his newspaper were at the forefront of the city’s pro-democracy movement, particularly in the decade leading up to the mass anti-government protests in 2019.
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Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The defendants are accused of being members of an offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), a group federal officials said is motivated by extremist pro-Palestinian, anti-law-enforcement and anti-government ideology, FBI Director Kash Patel posted in an announcement on social media.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Lai was arrested in August 2020 under a national security law that Beijing imposed as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent in the wake of huge anti-government protests in 2019 in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese city.
—Didi Tang, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The anti-government group, which is based in Los Angeles, where the mass uprisings against Immigration and Customs Enforcement erupted earlier this year, also allegedly planned to target ICE agents and vehicles.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2025
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Katrina Samaan, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
The defendants are accused of being members of an offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), a group federal officials said is motivated by extremist pro-Palestinian, anti-law-enforcement and anti-government ideology, FBI Director Kash Patel posted in an announcement on social media.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 15 Dec. 2025
Lai was arrested in August 2020 under a national security law that Beijing imposed as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on dissent in the wake of huge anti-government protests in 2019 in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous Chinese city.
—Didi Tang, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The anti-government group, which is based in Los Angeles, where the mass uprisings against Immigration and Customs Enforcement erupted earlier this year, also allegedly planned to target ICE agents and vehicles.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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