How to Use antiauthoritarian in a Sentence
antiauthoritarian
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But there's something very American about Winger's antiauthoritarian streak, as well as his ability to improvise a mission to save his unit.
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Kevin P. Sullivan,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 June 2026
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By conflating antiauthoritarian arguments with incitement, conservatives are making the same error but following it to the opposite conclusion.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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That same year, in 1986, antiauthoritarian dissidents, most of whom had served time in prison, would establish their own official party, the Democratic Progressive Party.
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Michelle Kuo,
The Dial,
14 Apr. 2026
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These influences were antiauthoritarian — but also intellectual.
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Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2026
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In 2018, some of the DSA’s older activists formed the North Star caucus, an internal group to defend Harrington’s antiauthoritarian principles from its newer authoritarian-minded entrants.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
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