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anti-tax

anti-tax

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A person or group that opposes tax increases
  • noun
  • /ˈæn.ti.tæks/
translation icon : antimpuesto
  • The initiative portended the anti-tax revolution that hangs over the country to this day.
  • anti-tax group
  • anti-tax activist
  • anti-tax crusader

OK, next we will talk about shifting the goal posts, the anti tax movement in the United States.

Examples

  • That's the anti-tax group run by Grover Norquist, a leading conservative movement leader and prominent Obama critic.

    Blog text (9)
  • A second key development is the rise of anti-government, anti-tax sentiment and a corresponding decline of belief that collective responsibility can override individual choice.

    Academic text (1996)
  • OK, next we will talk about shifting the goal posts, the anti tax movement in the United States.

  • We're going to look at the anti tax movement and our agenda is going to be the first to go back and look at the history of it.

  • I think this is a basic, if hidden, viewpoint that drives the anti-tax crowd.

    Blog text (1)
  • The anti-tax wave swamped the need to build roads to ease congestion and open access for the economy.

    Blog text (14)
  • But even a fierce anti-tax campaign mounted by the Progress Party did extend to a backlash against the welfare state itself.

    Academic text (1996)
  • When the legislature proved unresponsive, the citizenry organized and launched the anti-tax crusade that is a direct precursor to the Tea Party movement of today.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Millionaire businessman John Raese is running on a hard-right "pro-business, anti-regulation, and anti-tax platform" as the GOP nominee for a Senate seat from West Virginia.

    Blog text (10)
  • The anti-tax movement has gained significant traction in the last few years.

Surface Forms

anti-tax singular
anti-taxes plural

Morphology

anti-tax = tax (transparent) = anti + tax

The sense is a direct nominal use of the idea 'against taxes', so the parts remain easy to interpret.

Etymology

Anti-tax joins anti- 'against' and tax 'money paid to the government', so an anti-tax person, group, or movement is one that works to oppose taxes or to stop them from going up.