Meanings
adjectiveantibusiness (comparative more antibusiness, superlative most antibusiness)
comparative more antibusiness · superlative most antibusiness
- Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
A lot of referenda are antibusiness.
1988 October 28, David Fremon, “The referendum on Con Con: Does Illinois need a new constitution?”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Englishanti-
- Proto-West Germanic*bisīg
- Old Englishbisiġ
- Old Englishbisiġnes
- Middle Englishbisynes
- Englishbusiness
- Englishantibusiness
Translations
Portuguese antinegócios
- antinegóciosopposed to or biased against business
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APA
antibusiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibusiness
MLA
“antibusiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibusiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antibusiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antibusiness.
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