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antiauthoritarian

antiauthoritarian

English

Alternative forms

  • anti-authoritarian

Adjective

antiauthoritarian (comparative more antiauthoritarian, superlative most antiauthoritarian)

  1. Opposed to authority
    • 1988 June 3, F.K. Plous Jr., “The Authenticists' Conundrum”, in Chicago Reader:
      For good or ill, American society is becoming increasingly democratic and antiauthoritarian, and most Catholics are participating in the democratization of the total culture.

Translations

Noun

antiauthoritarian (plural antiauthoritarians)

  1. One who is opposed to authority.

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