variants
or antigovernment
: opposed to or hostile toward governments or a particular government : opposing or resisting governmental policies and power
anti-government attitudes
an antigovernment demonstration
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Michigan governor targeted for kidnapping Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer became a target for anti-government sentiment in 2020, when more than a dozen members of a group intent on inciting civil war allegedly conspired to kidnap her.
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Though not all members of the brigade were involved in the anti-government demonstrations, the idea of including them in the ranks of Haiti’s security fight remains worrisome.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The protest on Monday was called by students of the Belgrade state University, who have been blocking classes at their faculties since early December and who have led anti-government protests for the past four months.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The demonstrations, now due to be held on a weekly basis according to CHP leaders, recall mass anti-government protests staged 12 years ago, which attracted over a million people, but which eventually petered out.
—Fariba Nawa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2025
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Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Though not all members of the brigade were involved in the anti-government demonstrations, the idea of including them in the ranks of Haiti’s security fight remains worrisome.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
The protest on Monday was called by students of the Belgrade state University, who have been blocking classes at their faculties since early December and who have led anti-government protests for the past four months.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2025
The demonstrations, now due to be held on a weekly basis according to CHP leaders, recall mass anti-government protests staged 12 years ago, which attracted over a million people, but which eventually petered out.
—Fariba Nawa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-government
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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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