anti-government

adjective

an·​ti-gov·​ern·​ment

ˌan-tē-ˈgə-vər(n)-mənt,

-və-mənt;

-ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt,

-vᵊm-;

ˌan-tī- 

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

Examples of anti-government in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Three Kenyan police officers have been charged with the murder of a blogger in police custody that sparked fresh anti-government protests in recent weeks. —Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 25 June 2025

In 2022, Sima took part in anti-government protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, in police custody. —Sara Monetta, NBC news, 19 June 2025

The funds were drained from platform wallets into addresses bearing anti-government messages explicitly referencing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, pointing to a politically motivated cyberattack, Elliptic said. —Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 June 2025

The hackers cast themselves as anti-government Iranian hacktivists but are widely suspected among cybersecurity experts of having ties to Israel. —Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 18 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-government

• misgovernment
• nongovernment