antiministerialist
|an-ti-min-is-te-ri-al-ist|
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/ˌæn.tiˌmɪn.ɪˈstɪri.əl.ɪst/
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/ˌæn.tiˌmɪn.ɪˈstɪə.ri.əl.ɪst/
opposes ministers or ministerial government
Etymology
'antiministerialist' originates from the prefix 'anti-' (from Greek 'anti' meaning 'against') combined with 'ministerialist', where 'minister' comes from Latin 'minister' meaning 'servant' or 'attendant' (later used for a public official).
'antiministerialist' developed by attaching the prefix 'anti-' to 'ministerialist'. 'Ministerialist' is built from 'ministerial' (from Latin 'ministerialis' via Old/Middle French and Middle English) plus the agentive suffix '-ist', so the element 'minister' moved from Latin 'minister' → Old French/Middle English 'minister' → modern English 'minister', and 'ministerial' → 'ministerialist'.
Initially the root 'minister' primarily meant 'servant' or 'attendant' in Latin; over time 'minister' came to denote a government minister, and 'antiministerialist' came to mean 'against ministers or ministerial (cabinet) government'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a person who opposes ministerialism — that is, someone opposed to the authority, role, or influence of ministers (members of a cabinet) or to ministerial/cabinet government in general.
During the 19th-century debates, antiministerialists argued against expanding the powers of the cabinet.
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Last updated: 2025/09/04 04:06