Meaning of antipolitics | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
   countable, uncountable
2. Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.
   countable, uncountable
3. An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
   countable, uncountable
4. Avoidance of political debates and controversies.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“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"”

“Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way.”

“Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance[…]”

“The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.”

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