antiauthoritarian
"antiauthoritarian" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antiauthoritarian” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposed to authoritarianism
Corpus desk
Index EN-antiauthoritarian · antiauthoritarian · English
antiauthoritarian · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antiauthoritarian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antiauthoritarian” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antiauthoritarian is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for antiauthoritarian in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + authoritarian. The correct English form is antiauthoritarian, spelled A-N-T-I-A-U-T-H-O-R-I-T-A-R-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Opposed to authoritarianism
- 2Opposed to authority
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how antiauthoritarian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For good or ill, American society is becoming increasingly democratic and antiauthoritarian, and most Catholics are participating in the democratization of the total culture.
Etymology
From anti- + authoritarian.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.