Antipower
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antipower is an adjective meaning Opposing political power.
Meaning
Opposing political power.
More Meanings
- Freedom from domination by political power.
Example Sentences
Withholding knowledge in a situation where it could be useful can be considered antipower. The sharing of knowledge only increases its power.
Despite the antipower outlook that pervaded American culture, Presidents, beginning with Washington, felt that their conscience, tempered by the advice of their associates, must be their main guide.
Institutions can play a role here too in helping empower individuals to act as important agents of antipower, through allocating resources to individuals that help foster their political skills and capacities […]
This initiative gave birth to an urban movement, the […] SAPE: a way of expressing an identity that was antipoverty, antidepression, and antipower (because it opposed the abas-cost, the uniform imposed by Mobutu) for thousands of young Kinshasans, as well as for Brazzavillians on the other side of the Congo River.
Word Forms
- antipowers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antiopposition, antipolitical, antiparty, antipolicy, antiprotest, antigovernmental.
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