Opposed to or working against the state or government authority.
From anti- + state (from Latin status 'condition or government'). This political term became common in the 1800s with anarchist and libertarian movements.
Antistate philosophies include anarchism and some forms of libertarianism—these thinkers argue that governments create more problems than they solve, a radical idea that challenges the basic assumption that we need states at all.
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