anti-Establishment
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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In truth he won't much mind being attacked by the first minister if it draws attention to the issues he wants to talk about, and lets him burnish his anti-establishment credentials.
From BBC
The two, he said, are "anti-establishment" disruptors in their respective fields.
From BBC
When he scored a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The Denver Post, Oliphant gained a taste for the anti-establishment, and soon after, his cartoons were syndicated internationally, gaining him renown the world over.
From Salon
“There’s just a lot of people who hop into these races and they don’t have any plan to do it. They think, ‘oh, there’s going to be this wave of anti-establishment energy that’s out there, and that’s going to lift me to victory,’” Nellis said.
From Slate
Indeed, Politico observes that Democrats like Ro Khanna are trying to use the Epstein issue to make their own inroads with anti-establishment podcast listeners.
From Slate
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