ANTIESTABLISHMENT Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

antiestablishment

adjective

Definition of antiestablishment

as in alternative

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Recent Examples of antiestablishment And Americans’ predilection for nepo candidates doesn’t necessarily hold during periods of antiestablishment frustration. — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 But Platner has excited some supporters with an antiestablishment message his campaign believes could carry him to victory. — Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2026 The international touring exhibition is now in residence at the Del Mar Fairgrounds through April 22, and the large-scale show has several interactive elements that focus on the purpose of Banksy’s anonymity as an antiestablishment artist. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 Your favorite novelist, no matter how experimental or antiestablishment, all but certainly has some representative taking a 15 percent commission out of her advance, negotiating her contracts, talking her up over cocktails, talking her down from the ledge. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for antiestablishment

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Adjective

Your confirmation bias prevents deeper consideration as well as the possibility of alternative positive outcomes.

— Susan MacKenty Brady, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar retain heavy exposure to the waterway, while alternative pipelines cannot absorb all the crude and liquefied natural gas that would be stranded in a prolonged closure.

— Lee Ying Shan,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of alternative

Adjective

Built to supply water to the surrounding area, the structure was transformed into a private residence in the early 1980s by local architect Doug Rucker who embraced its unconventional shape rather than alter it.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
The development is a significant step toward expanding future nuclear fuel supply through unconventional uranium resources.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026

Definition of unconventional

Adjective

Iran’s revolutionary guards claimed to have struck a US Army logistics and support center located in Mina Abdullah.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
What was once revolutionary for its language and perspective now can scan as retrograde to some contemporary audiences as books become less and less connective for modern teens.

— Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of revolutionary

Adjective

Ferdon detailed how the crypto currency exchange became one of the biggest brands in the emerging world of nontraditional finance and banking options.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 July 2026
Policies often fail to address tokenized assets and nontraditional trading activity, while surveillance systems still rely primarily on traditional broker and exchange data, leaving much of the decentralized and on-chain environment unmonitored.

— Kelvin Dickenson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of nontraditional

Adjective

Earlier this month a pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches was released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States after being detained in a crackdown in China last year.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Over several decades, Tehran has developed a network of fortified bases, underground storage complexes, mobile launch systems, and layered defenses intended to make its missile force difficult to locate and destroy.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

Definition of underground

Adjective

Jackson, the pioneering physician after whom Jackson Memorial Hospital is named, built the cottage to house his medical practice next to his home, demolished in the 1990s, in downtown Miami.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026
Mike Browning, the drummer and vocalist best known for co-founding the pioneering death metal bands Morbid Angel and Nocturnus, has died.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

Definition of pioneering

Adjective

But at the end of this bizarre game in Miami, this silly 6-4 thriller, this giddy attacking exhibition of some of the world’s best players, and some of the world’s worst defending, England were on the winning side.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Southwest’s bizarre seat assignments and enforcement policies may have had operational roots, but customers assumed the worst.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of bizarre

Adjective

Religious groups fight back In Miami, religious activism aligning with traditionally progressive movements has been emerging in recent years.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
In making the jab, Conway became one of many aldermen — most vocally Latino and progressive City Council members — who have flagged the investment firm’s ICE ties.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of progressive

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