anti-establishment

See also: antiestablishment

English

Alternative forms

• antiestablishment

Etymology

From anti- +‎ establishment.

Adjective

anti-establishment (comparative more anti-establishment, superlative most anti-establishment)

1. Opposed to the existing sociopolitical system (the establishment).

   The hippies were noted for their anti-establishment ways, firmly opposed to the order their parents so revered.

   • 2023 September 21, Jon Henley, “Revealed: one in three Europeans now votes anti-establishment”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Almost one-third of Europeans now vote for populist, far-right or far-left parties, research shows, with wide support for anti-establishment politics surging across the continent in an increasingly problematic challenge to the mainstream.

Translations

opposed to the existing system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反建制 (fǎnjiànzhì), 反正統／反正统 (fǎnzhèngtǒng)

• Finnish: järjestelmänvastainen, systeeminvastainen
• French: antisystème (fr)
• Greek: αντικαθεστωτικός (el) m (antikathestotikós)
• Persian: ضد جریان حاکم
• Portuguese: antiestabelecimento