antiauthoritarian
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + authoritarian.
Adjective
[edit]antiauthoritarian (comparative more antiauthoritarian, superlative most antiauthoritarian)
- Opposed to authoritarianism
- Synonyms: counter-authoritarian, libertarian
- 1988 June 3, F.K. Plous Jr., “The Authenticists' Conundrum”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- For good or ill, American society is becoming increasingly democratic and antiauthoritarian, and most Catholics are participating in the democratization of the total culture.
- Opposed to authority
Translations
[edit]opposed to authority/authoritarianism
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Noun
[edit]antiauthoritarian (plural antiauthoritarians)
- One who is opposed to authority.