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anti-establishment
adjective
(alsoantiestablishment)uk /ˌæn.ti.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/ us /ˌæn.t̬i.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt//ˌæn.taɪ.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
opposed to or directed against the establishment(= the important and powerful people who control a country or an organization, especially those who support the existing situation) :
Several of his friends are high-profile anti-establishment figures.
Artists are expected to be anti-establishment.
Many of his supporters are young people with anti-establishment leanings.
He insists that his anti-corporate, anti-establishment message draws support from across the political spectrum.
He has been accused of manipulating the facts in order to spread his populist, anti-establishment messages.
They were keen to prove their anti-establishment credentials.
the antiestablishment mood of the 1960s
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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absolute authority
all-powerful
authoritarian
autocrat
autocratic
dictator
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oligarch
oppressor
plutocrat
potentate
power broker
tyrant
voiceless
warlord
éminence grise
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