Meanings
plural antisocialists · alternative anti-socialist
- governmentOne who opposes socialism.
Hayden's problem here, I think, is an excessive consistency: not being a socialist, or at least not wanting to take his political stand on that principle, he assumes he must, then, be an antisocialist.
1981, The Nation - Volume 232, page 406
comparative more antisocialist · superlative most antisocialist · alternative anti-socialist
- Opposed to socialism.
One year later, the responses were even more antisocialist: 64 percent, no; 15 percent, yes; and 21 percent, undecided or with no opinion.
2019, Gerard Braunthal, The German Social Democrats Since 19691 more example
Labor could scarcely barter with a party that adopted an antisocialist stance or trade support in return for concessions with a party terming itself antisocialist.
2010, Bruce Hodgins, Don Wright, W.H. Heick, Federalism in Canada and Australia: The Early Years
Origin
Translations
Portuguese antissocialista
- antissocialistaone who opposes socialism
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