Opposed to dynastic rule or the hereditary succession of power within a family or dynasty.
From anti- (against) + dynastic (relating to dynasties, from Greek dynamis, 'power'). Political term describing opposition to hereditary rule.
The French and Russian revolutions were antidynastic explosions—people decided that being born into a royal family shouldn't mean you get to rule forever, especially if you're terrible at it.
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