antigovernment love

Definitions

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  • adjective Opposed to a government currently in power
  • adjective Opposed to government in general

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ government

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Examples

  • They pointed to an upsurge in antigovernment guerrilla activity inside Iran, including a bomb in Zahedan, the economic center of the province of Baluchistan, that killed 11 soldiers in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on February 14; the mysterious death of the Iranian scientist Ardashir Hosseinpour, who worked on uranium enrichment at the Isfahan nuclear facility; and the defection of a high-ranking Iranian general named Ali Asgari, a former deputy minister of defense who was also the Revolutionary Guard officer responsible for training and supplying Hezbollah during its war against the Israelis in southern Lebanon in the 1980s.

    Grand Illusions 2007

  • They pointed to an upsurge in antigovernment guerrilla activity inside Iran, including a bomb in Zahedan, the economic center of the province of Baluchistan, that killed 11 soldiers in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on February 14; the mysterious death of the Iranian scientist Ardashir Hosseinpour, who worked on uranium enrichment at the Isfahan nuclear facility; and the defection of a high-ranking Iranian general named Ali Asgari, a former deputy minister of defense who was also the Revolutionary Guard officer responsible for training and supplying Hezbollah during its war against the Israelis in southern Lebanon in the 1980s.

    Grand Illusions 2007

  • During the day, state television aired patriotic songs and religious sermons that referred to antigovernment protesters and army rebels as "traitors" and "collaborators with the West and the Jews."

    Gadhafi Forces Seek to Widen Grip Margaret Coker 2011

  • Prime Minister Emil Boc fired Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Monday for calling antigovernment protesters "inept and violent slum-dwellers" after more than a week of sometimes violent demonstrations.

    NYT > Home Page By REUTERS 2012

  • Following relatively buttoned-up remarks by FBI Director Robert Mueller, Mr. Dupnik again addressed issues such as antigovernment fervor, lax gun control and what he views as a failed system to deal with the mentally ill.

    Arizona Elicits Sheriff's Criticism Peter Sanders 2011

  • What's more, conservative politicians and commentators would be sounding a constant refrain -- echoed by the mainstream media -- that politicians are inciting the violence with "antigovernment" statements like this one, reported April

    The Santa Cruz Riot 2010

  • But well before the latest murderers struck — well before another "antigovernment" Obama hater went on a cop-killing rampage in Pittsburgh in April — there have been indications that this rage could spiral out of control.

    frank rich on fox news, responsibility and domestic terrorism 2009

  • Why is it suddenly fashionable to pretend that "antigovernment" is synonymous with

    Questions and Observations Bruce McQuain 2010

  • Isikoff, Newsweek, and the rest of the Mockingbird corporate media are tasked with portraying this growing "antigovernment" movement as extremist gun nuts who share the ideology of the FBI-infiltrated Hutaree and pose a threat.

    Infowars admin 2010

  • Isikoff, Newsweek, and the rest of the Mockingbird corporate media are tasked with portraying this growing "antigovernment" movement as extremist gun nuts who share the ideology of the FBI-infiltrated Hutaree and pose a threat.

    Infowars admin 2010

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