Meanings
comparative more antiestablishment · superlative most antiestablishment
- alternativeAlternative spelling of anti-establishment.
Asked whether he worries about losing his antiestablishment aura or, worse yet, being accused of selling out, he said: “I think it depends on what you do with your success.”
2007 June 24, Joe Rhodes, “A Nerd Gone Wild Gives Voice to His Inner Rat”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveopposed to the establishment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*staējō
- Proto-Italic*staēō
- Proto-Italic*staðlis?
- Latinstabilis
- Latinstabilīre
- Old Frenchestablir
- Old Frenchestablissement
- Middle Englishstablishment
- Englishestablishment
- Englishantiestablishment
From anti- + establishment.
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