anti-government

adjective

an·​ti-gov·​ern·​ment

ˌan-tē-ˈgə-vər(n)-mənt,

-və-mənt;

-ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt,

-vᵊm-;

ˌan-tī- 

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

Examples of anti-government in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Police used pepper spray, plastic pellets and water cannons against protesters in Turkey's capital early Thursday, the latest clash in the country's biggest anti-government protests in over a decade. —Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025

Trump’s second term has been the most anti-government administration since Ronald Reagan’s, arguably even more so. —Jay Cost, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025

Fayyad was arrested by government agents in 2011 and tossed into one of those communal cells, accused of espionage and of other anti-government activities. —Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-government

• misgovernment
• nongovernment