Anti-authoritarian


favoring complete obedience or subjection to as opposed to individual freedom:
authoritarian principles; authoritarian att-tudes.
of or relating to a governmental or political system, principle, or practice in which individual freedom is held as completely subordinate to the power or of the state, centered either in one person or a small group that is not const-tutionally accountable to the people.
exercising complete or almost complete control over the will of another or of others:
an authoritarian parent.
a person who favors or acts according to authoritarian principles.
contemporary examples

the seventies were an anti-authoritarian or at least egalitarian period.
eric asimov talks about new book “how to love wine” sophie menin october 19, 2012

and pushing the envelope, as she always did, with a playful, anti-authoritarian att-tude—up to a point.
lynn sherr: sally ride’s heroic and trailblazing life as an astronaut lynn sherr july 23, 2012

at its core, the republican party is a bottom-up, anti-authoritarian working- and middle-cl-ss party.
republicans push back as rove aims to appoint himself kingmaker lloyd green february 9, 2013

the obama years have been marked by a sharp turn toward anti-individualist, anti-authoritarian philosophy.
obama’s shift toward communitarianism gregory ferenstein june 29, 2013

sony pictures entertainment has put out some of the most countercultural, anti-authoritarian movies of the past century.
sony: hollywood’s most subversive studio under attack marlow stern december 22, 2014

adjective
favouring, denoting, or characterized by strict obedience to authority
favouring, denoting, or relating to government by a small elite with wide powers
despotic; dictatorial; domineering
noun
a person who favours or practises authoritarian policies
adj.

1862, “favoring imposed order over freedom,” from authority + -an. cf. authoritative, which originally had this meaning to itself. noun in the sense of one advocating or practicing such governance is from 1859.

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