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- noun A
policy orattitude that views a nation's or society'spower structure ascorrupt ,repressive , orunjust .
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- noun the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment
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Examples
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The sixties are dead and buried, and Bob has appeared in Cadillac and Victoria Secret ads, but he has always rejected the mantle of antiestablishmentarianism.
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Cadillac ad last year, he has always rejected the mantle of antiestablishmentarianism.
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Some of us Ruby oldheads consider Rails our little version of the Eternal September This probably stems from DHH’s very public antiestablishmentarianism and his frequent use of graphic language to create sensationalism.
pomegranate commented on the word antiestablishmentarianism
As opposed to antidisestablishmentarianism? The word we spelled in second grade to impress our friends?
December 6, 2007
bilby commented on the word antiestablishmentarianism
... which would be disestablishmentarianism, more or less. I don't get it.
December 6, 2007