Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antipolitics

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tipol-i-tics
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Avoidance of political debates and controversies.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the politics (perhaps we should say the anti-politics) of those who desired no compulsory civil government at all"
"a boisterous antipolitics in which everyone rails against "usurpers in Washington""
"Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way."
"Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance[…]"
"The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife."

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

anti-politics (alternative)

Questions

What does antipolitics mean?: Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
Where does antipolitics come from?: Anti-politics (1843), from anti- + politics.

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