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English
Etymology
From anti- + authority.
Adjective
antiauthority (comparative more antiauthority, superlative most antiauthority)
- Opposed to authority.
2021 April 9, “Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community”, in Office of the Director of National Intelligence, page 24:This diverse set of extremists reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats.
2021 April 13, Katie Bo Williams and Zachary Cohen, “US intelligence community warns of devastating long-term impact of coronavirus pandemic”, in CNN:Domestic extremists are motivated by a range of ideologies which “reflects an increasingly complex threat landscape, including racially or ethnically motivated threats and antigovernment or antiauthority threats,” the report says.
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