Used in a Sentence

anti-government

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for anti-government.

Editorial note

Contrary to all anti-government rhetoric, most government agencies are by their nature more transparant than the average startup.

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Quick take

Alternative form of antigovernment. [A government set up to oppose another government.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of anti-government gathered in one view.

noun

Alternative form of antigovernment. [A government set up to oppose another government.]

adjective

Alternative form of antigovernment. [Opposed to a government currently in power.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for anti-government.

noun

Alternative form of antigovernment. [A government set up to oppose another government.]

adjective

Alternative form of antigovernment. [Opposed to a government currently in power.]

Example sentences

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Contrary to all anti-government rhetoric, most government agencies are by their nature more transparant than the average startup.

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It comes from buying into the anti-government propaganda that the hard right has been pumping out for decades.

3

Geeks don't like the government (right now) because there has been a successful couple of decades of anti-government propaganda.

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In every single anti-government protest that happened so far, pro-military groups were the tiniest minority.

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A bunch of anti-government people got a ballot measure passed which mandates that government services must be priced in line with their costs.

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Some of the people using Bitcoin are of the anti-government type.

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Please bear with me here, this is not an anti-government screed.

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No true Bitcoinsman would use them without being anti-government.

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Publishing an anti-government article in a newspaper, something we think as the core of free speech, is actually speech (the writing) + action (publishing).

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The state employs thousands of astroturfers to flood social media with pro-government messages, trash anti-government messages and even directly hook into messaging platforms to delete messages the government don't like.

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Well, it was known for its cramped streets until, to p make it easier to respond effectively with massed fire to the kind of anti-government action seen in the revolution, they were widened.

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I loved Anthem in spite of its anti-government bullshit because of my libertarian side but my socialist side overrides all of it and that's where my criticism of her lies.

Quote examples

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Not really, not in the same way - most of our anti-government "media" is on the fringe.

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Pretty soon the government considers anti-government speech to be "hate speech" against the powers that be...

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Just based on the name, I assume it's an anti-government, pro-gold, "frontier spirit", etc.

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What you're characterizing as "eminently corruptible" and full of "abuse and overreach" actually makes a lot more sense when you step out from behind the keyboard (and its steady supply of anti-government, libertarian websites) and get involved.

Proper noun examples

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Anti-government ideologues don't want taxes to be easy because they want people to complain and hate the government more.

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Anti-government ideologues are why we can't have a lot of nice things.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use anti-government in a sentence?

Contrary to all anti-government rhetoric, most government agencies are by their nature more transparant than the average startup.

What does anti-government mean?

Alternative form of antigovernment. [A government set up to oppose another government.]

What part of speech is anti-government?

anti-government is commonly used as noun, adjective.