anti-statist
adjective (also antistatist) uk/ˌæn.tiˈsteɪ.tɪst/ us/ˌæn.taɪˈsteɪ.t̬ɪst/
反国家主义的
opposed to the government having a lot of control over the economy and society
A pro-market, anti-statist ideology makes welfare state programmes extremely difficult to win. 亲市场、反国家主义的意识形态使福利国家计划极难得到贯彻。
In the nineteenth century, Democratic presidents generally advocated an anti-statist agenda. 在19世纪，民主党的那些总统普遍提倡反国家主义政策。
Synonym: anti-state
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- Britain gave birth to the antistatist liberalism of Locke and Smith.
- The left too has a libertarian, anti-statist tradition dating back to the 19th century and earlier.
- In rejecting governmental regulation of religion, he develops an anti-statist argument protective of individual freedom.