anti-state
Opposing political authority
Anti-state describes opposition to government authority or the existence of the state itself.
The term appears in political discourse ranging from anarchist philosophy to libertarian critiques: anti-state activism, anti-state rhetoric.
It can characterize movements, ideologies, or actions that challenge or reject governmental power: The militia held anti-state views.
Seeking to undermine authority
- treasonousDisloyal to one's nation
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- unpatrioticDisloyal to one's nation
revolutionary · radical · extremist · dissident · insurgent · rebel · guerrilla · partisan
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- militantAggressive cause supporter
underground · clandestine · sabotage · agitation · organizing · leafleting · propaganda · solidarity
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- subversionUndermining established authority
radicalism · insurrection · sedition · autonomy · statelessness · sovereignty · secession · abolition
subversive
Seeking to undermine authority
- treasonousDisloyal to one's nation
- seditiousInciting rebellion against state
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
unpatriotic · revolutionary · radical · extremist · dissident · insurgent · rebel · guerrilla · partisan · provocateur
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
militant · underground · clandestine · sabotage · agitation · organizing · leafleting · propaganda · solidarity · collective
anarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
subversion · radicalism · insurrection · sedition · autonomy · statelessness · sovereignty · secession · abolition · revolution
- radical feminismwomen's liberation, gender equality, consciousness raising, intersectionality, separatism
anti-statepro-state
Favoring state authority
statist · pro-government · authoritarian · centralist · interventionist
anti-statepatriotic
Devoted to homeland
nationalist · loyalist · flag-waving · jingoistic · chauvinistic
anti, state, states, stated, stating, statement, statements, statehood, stateless