anticharity

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adjective

Opposing charitable donations.

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Meanings

adjectiveanticharity (comparative more anticharity, superlative most anticharity)

comparative more anticharity · superlative most anticharity

  1. Opposing charitable donations.

    Social Darwinism, with its racism, classism, and anticharity attitudes, is a major threat to humane policy today.

    2011, Rachel M. MacNair, The Psychology of Peace, page 123
nounanticharity (plural anticharities)

plural anticharities

  1. A charity nominated by a potential donor who disagrees with its goals, used as a forfeit for money wagered to encourage oneself to do something.

Origin

From anti- + charity.

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APA

anticharity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticharity

MLA

“anticharity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticharity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticharity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticharity.

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