variants
or antigovernment
: opposed to or hostile toward governments or a particular government : opposing or resisting governmental policies and power
anti-government attitudes
an antigovernment demonstration
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The Justice Department charged 14 people from an anti-government group called the Wolverine Watchmen in a plot to kidnap Whitmer for her role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and nine were convicted or pleaded guilty.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 May 2025
In 2022, two men were found guilty of orchestrating a plot to incite anti-government extremists and kidnap Whitmer shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
But Tactical Civics was listed for the first time in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s annual Year in Hate & Extremism report as an anti-government, extremist organization operating in Colorado.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
In 2010, Iranian officials arrested Panahi and charged him with making anti-government propaganda; convicted, he was sentenced to six years in prison and given a twenty-year ban from making films.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 May 2025
In 2022, two men were found guilty of orchestrating a plot to incite anti-government extremists and kidnap Whitmer shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
—Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
But Tactical Civics was listed for the first time in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s annual Year in Hate & Extremism report as an anti-government, extremist organization operating in Colorado.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
In 2010, Iranian officials arrested Panahi and charged him with making anti-government propaganda; convicted, he was sentenced to six years in prison and given a twenty-year ban from making films.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2025
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“Anti-government.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-government. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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