anti-statist
adjective
(alsoantistatist)uk/ˌæn.tiˈsteɪ.tɪst/us/ˌæn.taɪˈsteɪ.t̬ɪst/opposedto thegovernmenthaving a lot ofcontrolover theeconomyandsociety:
A pro-market, anti-statistideologymakeswelfarestateprogrammesextremelydifficulttowin.
In the nineteenthcentury,Democraticpresidentsgenerallyadvocatedan anti-statistagenda.
Synonym
anti-state
- Britaingavebirthto the antistatistliberalismof Locke and Smith.
- Thelefttoo has alibertarian, anti-statisttraditiondatingback to the 19thcenturyandearlier.
- Inrejectinggovernmentalregulationofreligion, hedevelopsan anti-statistargumentprotectiveofindividualfreedom.
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