antigovernment

[an-tee-guhv-ern-muhnt, -er-muhnt, an-tahy-]

adjective

1. opposed to or in rebellion against an existing government.

2. of or relating to a political group, military force, etc., seeking to replace or overthrow an existing government.

Other Word Forms

• antigovernmental adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of antigovernment¹

anti- + government

Example Sentences

Politically speaking, the former British colony is hardly different from the Chinese mainland in its intolerance of dissenters and antigovernment speech.

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Others said the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado — a veteran antigovernment activist who lives here in hiding — was just the latest chapter in the U.S.-led plot to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro.

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After Daryl Morey, then the general manager of the Houston Rockets, posted an image supporting antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong, Beijing banished the NBA from playing and broadcasting games.

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Reyes Barrios participated in antigovernment demonstrations in Venezuela in February and March 2024, Tobin wrote, and was subsequently arrested and tortured, enduring electric shocks and suffocation.

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The Syrian Network for Human Rights, or SNHR, a war monitor, counted 172 security personnel killed by antigovernment forces, who also killed 211 civilians, some in sectarian attacks.

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