anticommunication

noun

A failure to communicate effectively or at all.

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Meanings

nounanticommunication (countable and uncountable, plural anticommunications)

plural anticommunications

  1. countableuncountableA failure to communicate effectively or at all.

    Thanks to internet sites where mixtures of communication and anticommunication rage.

    2004, Michael Eigen, The Sensitive Self
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    […] this block brings about a breakdown linked to anticommunication — horns are sounded, insults hurled at fellow drivers; […]

    1992, Richard McGee Morse, Jorge Enrique Hardoy, Rethinking the Latin American City, page 95

Origin

From anti- + communication.

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APA

anticommunication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunication

MLA

“anticommunication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunication. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticommunication,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticommunication.

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