antipatronage
English
Etymology
anti- + patronage
Adjective
antipatronage (not comparable)
- (politics) Opposing or seeking to prohibit political patronage
- 1999 December 24, Ben Joravsky, “Looking Out For Number Two”, in Chicago Reader:
- A series of antipatronage court rulings had loosened his hold over city workers; demographically, his ward was becoming more like a north lakefront district.
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