anti-socialist
adjective
(alsoantisocialist,anti-Socialist)uk/ˌæn.tiˈsəʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪˈsoʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/opposedto theideasofsocialism(= a set ofbeliefsorpoliticalsystembasedon theideathat allpeopleareequaland shouldshareequallyin a country'smoney):
an antisocialistpoliticalagenda
He was pro-aristocratic andstronglyantisocialist.
- Hetappedaprofoundlyanti-socialiststreakin thecountry.
- Somepartymemberswanttowinbackvotesbyadoptingaharder, anti-Socialistline.
- He's as anti-socialist as they come.
Political movements & groups
- alt-right
- ANC
- anti-Bolshevik
- anti-Bolshevism
- anti-capitalism
- Antifa
- awkward
- big tent
- black bloc
- left
- left-winger
- leftism
- leftist
- rightist
- sectarian
- sectarianism
- Sinn Fein
- the awkward gangidiom
- the left wing
- the SDLP
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socialistadjective
anti-socialist
noun[C]
(alsoanti-Socialist,antisocialist)uk/ˌæn.tiˈsəʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪˈsoʊ.ʃəl.ɪst/someone who isopposedto theideasofsocialism(= a set ofbeliefsorpoliticalsystembasedon theideathat allpeopleareequaland shouldshareequallyin a country'smoney):
He was anardentanti-socialist.
Mussolini's Fascists wereavowedanti-communists and anti-socialists.
- In 1906, Reid’s Anti-Socialists out-polled all othergroups.
- The party's anti-socialists have beenemboldenedrecently.
- There was abitterlyfoughtcampaignbetweensocialistsand anti-socialists forcontrolof thelegislature.
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socialistnoun