Anticitizenship
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Behaviour opposite to that expected of a citizen. uncountable
"Rather than furnishing an education in citizenship, it offers an education in anticitizenship."
Adjective
- 1 Opposing the granting of citizenship.
"This kind of discourse was used in reaction to the anticitizenship campaigns of the populist right-wing parties, which consisted of, for example, posters showing Swiss identity cards with a photo of Osama Bin Laden."
Example
More examples"Rather than furnishing an education in citizenship, it offers an education in anticitizenship."
Etymology
From anti- + citizenship.
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