ANTIESTABLISHMENT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

antiestablishment

adjective

Definition of antiestablishment

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Recent Examples of antiestablishment The scandals have led to protests in various parts of India, including demonstrations by a viral antiestablishment movement, the Cockroach Janta Party, demanding the resignation of the education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 20 June 2026 Jackson is betting that his outside pitch will win over antiestablishment conservatives. — ABC News, 19 May 2026 The 2026 midterms are already being shaken up by populist firebrands and antiestablishment outsiders. — James Desio, Washington Post, 15 May 2026 And Americans’ predilection for nepo candidates doesn’t necessarily hold during periods of antiestablishment frustration. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for antiestablishment

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West Hollywood has become the latest city to create a domestic partnership registry for polyamorous relationships, with the city’s five-person City Council unanimously approving the legal protections for alternative family structures.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Aramco is also exploring additional overseas storage capacity and alternative export routes to strengthen its global supply network.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of alternative

Adjective

Any team that signs Skubal must be comfortable with his health, as the lefty missed six weeks before the All-Star break due to a revolutionary NanoScope surgery to remove a loose body in his throwing elbow.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Then barely two weeks before the midterms, the BSO channeled Boston’s revolutionary spirit with explosive AI.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of revolutionary

Adjective

According to the Navy, this approach can help nontraditional defense companies move technologies from research and development toward procurement.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
President Obama was accused of limiting access to independent photojournalists, and famously favored nontraditional media outlets at the advent of the social media age.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of nontraditional

Adjective

The Finnish Government has granted Posiva Oy an operating license for the world’s first permanent underground repository for spent nuclear fuel.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Part of what a racist superstructure creates is the need for some kind of underground economy.

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of underground

Adjective

Still, Pauley understood what Walters meant — and why the words carried so much weight coming from the pioneering broadcaster.

— Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
Valerie Vargas founded the pioneering group in 2002, back when San Antonio’s all-female mariachi scene was still small.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of pioneering

Adjective

The appeal of Bleak House, for instance, is bound up in its bad actors and bizarre names, less so the action.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
The Seaside Police Department received the tip about Bumper’s bizarre breakfast invoice in August.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

New progressive voices on Capitol Hill, buoyed by midterm wins and stronger numbers, promise to make a lot of noise about delivering on AI.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Mamdani, who rose to the national spotlight through his mayoral campaign in 2025, flexed his influence in the primaries by endorsing three progressive House candidates in deep-blue New York City districts.

— Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026

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