antiauthoritarian
- a word derived from authoritarian.
Example Sentences
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His absence only boosted his popularity among fans who adore his antiauthoritarian attitudes and tough-guy image.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021
Cruyff, a cheeky young man from a working-class neighborhood, played for Ajax Amsterdam in the city of the antiauthoritarian Provo movement.
From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2014
There might be some remakes — high on the list are the Quatermass movies, whose hero was an antiauthoritarian, maverick scientist.
From Time • Dec. 9, 2010
She also shrewdly observes that the event goes against Carlin's antiauthoritarian comedy.
From Newsweek • May 13, 2010
Still, those writers would likely have been thinking of Indians without him—the essayist Montaigne had noted the same antiauthoritarian attitudes a century earlier.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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