anticentrism

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noun

Opposition to political centrism.

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Meanings

nounanticentrism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOpposition to political centrism.

    The general centrism in these five countries presents an intriguing contrast to the recent party-driven anticentrism of the United States and Britain under Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

    1990, Peter J. Katzenstein, Theodore J. Lowi, Sidney G. Tarrow, Comparative theory and political experience

Origin

From anti- + centrism.

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