anticircumvention

noun

In opposition to circumvention of a prohibition, or of a means to carry out a prohibition.

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Meanings

nounanticircumvention (uncountable)

alternative anti-circumvention

  1. uncountablelawIn opposition to circumvention of a prohibition, or of a means to carry out a prohibition.

    The anticircumvention and rights-management provisions have been the focus of nearly all opposition to Title I and of much of the opposition to the DMCA as a whole.

    2006, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, page 91

Origin

From anti- + circumvention.

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APA

anticircumvention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticircumvention

MLA

“anticircumvention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticircumvention. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticircumvention,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticircumvention.

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