anti-establishment
adjective
(alsoantiestablishment)uk/ˌæn.ti.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/us/ˌæn.t̬i.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt//ˌæn.taɪ.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/opposedto ordirectedagainsttheestablishment(= theimportantandpowerfulpeoplewhocontrolacountryor anorganization,especiallythose whosupporttheexistingsituation):
Several of hisfriendsarehigh-profileanti-establishmentfigures.
Artists areexpectedto be anti-establishment.
- Many of hissupportersareyoungpeoplewith anti-establishmentleanings.
- Heinsiststhat his anti-corporate, anti-establishmentmessagedrawssupportfromacrossthepoliticalspectrum.
- He has beenaccusedofmanipulatingthefactsinordertospreadhispopulist, anti-establishmentmessages.
- They werekeentoprovetheiranti-establishmentcredentials.
- the antiestablishmentmoodof the 1960s
Powerful people & dictators
- authoritarian
- autocrat
- autocratic
- big beast
- Big Brother
- establishment
- figurehead
- grey eminence
- heavy hitteridiom
- kleptocrat
- kleptocratic
- oppressor
- plutocrat
- potentate
- power broker
- puissance
- tyrant
- voiceless
- warlord
- éminence grise