antistate
Opposing central authority
Antistate describes opposition to the state or government as an institution.
The term appears in political philosophy and anarchist thought, characterizing positions that reject state authority entirely rather than merely criticizing particular governments: antistate libertarians, antistate rhetoric.
Sometimes hyphenated: anti-state.
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
sedition · coup · overthrow · mutiny · resistance · revolutionary · militancy · underground
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-authoritarianismOpposition to concentrated power
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
- collectivismGroup primacy doctrine
communalism · self-organization · prefigurative · abolition · statelessness · commune · federation · decentralization
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
defiance · opposition · dissidence · sit-in · strike · agitator · refusal · noncompliance
Absence of confidence
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
anti-establishment · contrarian · disillusionment · delegitimization · overreach · tyranny · oppression · corruption
Formal withdrawal from union
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
self-rule · sovereignty · breakaway · devolution · nullification · confederacy · self-governance · balkanization
Minimal-government political philosophy
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
voluntarism · non-interventionism · self-ownership · Hayek · objectivism · individualism · capitalism · night-watchman
insurrection
Violent uprising against authority
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurgencyArmed uprising against authority
guerrilla · sedition · coup · overthrow · mutiny · resistance · revolutionary · militancy · underground · clandestine
anarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-authoritarianismOpposition to concentrated power
- mutualismTwo-way biological benefit
- syndicalismUnion-led worker ownership theory
collectivism · communalism · self-organization · prefigurative · abolition · statelessness · commune · federation · decentralization · solidarity
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- activismDirect effort for reform
- boycottOrganized economic protest
resistance · defiance · opposition · dissidence · sit-in · strike · agitator · refusal · noncompliance · whistleblower
distrust
Absence of confidence
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
critique · anti-establishment · contrarian · disillusionment · delegitimization · overreach · tyranny · oppression · corruption · propaganda
secession
Formal withdrawal from union
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- independenceFreedom from external control
autonomy · self-rule · sovereignty · breakaway · devolution · nullification · confederacy · self-governance · balkanization · partition
libertarianism
Minimal-government political philosophy
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
privatization · voluntarism · non-interventionism · self-ownership · Hayek · objectivism · individualism · capitalism · night-watchman · secessionism
antistatestatist
Centralized government supporter
pro-state · pro-government · authoritarian · statism · totalitarian
antistatepatriotic
Devoted to homeland
nationalist · loyalist · nationalistic · jingoist · flag-waving
state, states, stately, interstate, statesman, statecraft, statehood, statesmanship, intrastate