antipolitics

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Anti-politics (1843), from anti- +‎ politics.

Noun

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antipolitics (countable and uncountable, plural antipolitics)

  1. Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
    • 1853, William Goodell, Slavery and Anti-slavery, page 518:
      the politics (perhaps we should say the anti-politics) of those who desired no compulsory civil government at all
    • 2008, Peter Alexander Meyers, Civic war and the corruption of the citizen, page 141:
      a boisterous antipolitics in which everyone rails against "usurpers in Washington"
  2. Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.
    • 1984, George Konrad, Antipolitics: An Essay:
      Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way.
    • 2000, Daphne Berdahl, Matti Bunzl, Martha Lampland, Altering States:
      Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance []
  3. An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
    • 1978, Brian Loveman, Thomas M. Davies, Jr., The Politics of Antipolitics:
      The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.
  4. Avoidance of political debates and controversies.

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