antipolitics

noun

Etymology

Anti-politics (1843), from anti- + politics.

Definitions

  1. Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.

    • the politics (perhaps we should say the anti-politics) of those who desired no compulsory civil government at all
    • a boisterous antipolitics in which everyone rails against "usurpers in Washington"
  2. Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.

    • Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way.
    • Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance[…]
  3. An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government

    • The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Avoidance of political debates and controversies.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA