antigovernment
Opposing the state
Antigovernment describes opposition to government authority or policy.
The term ranges from mild political dissent to active resistance: antigovernment protesters filled the square, antigovernment militia groups.
It can modify beliefs, activities, or people: antigovernment sentiment, antigovernment rebels.
The word often appears in news coverage of uprisings and political movements.
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- dissidenceOpposition to prevailing views
- seditionInciting revolt against government
subversion · noncompliance · objection · opposition · discontent · disaffection · insubordination · agitation
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
insurgency · revolution · overthrow · guerrilla · armed resistance · civil war · putsch · junta
Public display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
strike · sit-in · occupation · blockade · picketing · vigil · placard · chanting
Disorder from absent authority
- statelessnessHaving no recognized citizenship
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
- decentralizationDistributing power from center
anti-authoritarianism · abolition · direct action · prefigurative · mutual aid · squatting
Dishonest abuse of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- oppressionUnjust exercise of power
censorship · surveillance · propaganda · nepotism · cronyism · abuse of power · police state · repression
Politics favoring ordinary citizens
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- secessionismAdvocacy for political withdrawal
anti-federalism · anti-establishment · anti-globalism · nativism · millenarianism · Maoism · Trotskyism · accelerationism
Absence of confidence
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- warinessCautious distrust
- disillusionmentBitter loss of faith
alienation · apathy · disenchantment · frustration · resentment · grievance · disenfranchisement · voicelessness
Unregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
- individual libertyOne's own protected rights
self-reliance · constitutionalism · states' rights · fiscal conservatism · anti-regulation · property rights · tea party · sovereign citizen
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- dissidenceOpposition to prevailing views
sedition · subversion · noncompliance · objection · opposition · discontent · disaffection · insubordination · agitation · samizdat
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
mutiny · insurgency · revolution · overthrow · guerrilla · armed resistance · civil war · putsch · junta · paramilitary
demonstration
Public display of opinion
civil disobedience · strike · sit-in · occupation · blockade · picketing · vigil · placard · chanting · riot
anarchy
Disorder from absent authority
- statelessnessHaving no recognized citizenship
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
decentralization · anti-authoritarianism · abolition · direct action · prefigurative · mutual aid · squatting
corruption
Dishonest abuse of power
- tyrannyOppressive, absolute governance
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
oppression · censorship · surveillance · propaganda · nepotism · cronyism · abuse of power · police state · repression · human rights
populism
Politics favoring ordinary citizens
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
secessionism · anti-federalism · anti-establishment · anti-globalism · nativism · millenarianism · Maoism · Trotskyism · accelerationism · primitivism
distrust
Absence of confidence
disillusionment · alienation · apathy · disenchantment · frustration · resentment · grievance · disenfranchisement · voicelessness · powerlessness
free-market
Unregulated private exchange
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
individual liberty · self-reliance · constitutionalism · states' rights · fiscal conservatism · anti-regulation · property rights · tea party · sovereign citizen · gold standard
antigovernmentpro-government
Supporting current authorities
progovernment · statist · pro-state · loyalist · government
antigovernmentloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
patriotic · nationalist · conformist · obedient · compliant
govern, government, governor, governing, governed, governance, governors, governess, governmental