antipatronage

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ patronage

Adjective

antipatronage (not comparable)

1. (politics) Opposing or seeking to prohibit political patronage
   • 1999 December 24, Ben Joravsky, “Looking Out For Number Two”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     A series of antipatronage court rulings had loosened his hold over city workers; demographically, his ward was becoming more like a north lakefront district.