antipolitician

English

Etymology

anti- + politician

Noun

antipolitician (plural antipoliticians)

  1. (politics) Someone who is the opposite of a typical politician
    • 1992 February 21, James Hawking, “More Than 30 Seconds With Al Hofeld”, in Chicago Reader:
      With little political experience, Hofeld is portraying himself as an outsider, an antipolitician.
    • 2008 April 29, Susan Saulny, “An Irascible Firebrand, Quieted by Term Limits”, in New York Times:
      In many ways, he could be the model of the antipolitician: he does not like coalition-building, negotiating or even socializing.

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