antiauthority

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adjective

Opposed to authority.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveantiauthority (comparative more antiauthority, superlative most antiauthority)

comparative more antiauthority · superlative most antiauthority

  1. Opposed to authority.

    This diverse set of extremists reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats.

    2021 April 9, “Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community”, in Office of the Director of National Intelligence, page 24
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    Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.

    2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN

Origin

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APA

antiauthority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiauthority

MLA

“antiauthority.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiauthority. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiauthority,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiauthority.

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