antipolitics

Anti-politics (1843), from anti- +‎ politics

antipolitics (countable and uncountable, plural antipolitics)

1. Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
   • 1853, William Goodell, Slavery and Anti-slavery, page 518:

     the politics (perhaps we should say the anti-politics) of those who desired no compulsory civil government at all

   • 2008, Peter Alexander Meyers, Civic war and the corruption of the citizen, page 141:

     a boisterous antipolitics in which everyone rails against "usurpers in Washington"

2. Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.
   • 1984, George Konrad, Antipolitics: An Essay:

     Antipolitics means refusing to consider nuclear war a satisfactory answer in any way.

   • 2000, Daphne Berdahl, Matti Bunzl, Martha Lampland, Altering States:

     Antipolitics is a form of intellectual resistance […]

3. An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
   • 1978, Brian Loveman, Thomas M. Davies, Jr., The Politics of Antipolitics:

     The perfection of antipolitics required nonpolitical leadership and the negation of partisan strife.

4. Avoidance of political debates and controversies.