Meanings
comparative more anticorruption · superlative most anticorruption · alternative anti-corruption
- Opposed to or combating corruption.
The government recently started an anticorruption campaign.
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In the fight against corruption, ADB staff members are supported by an elaborate anticorruption framework, consisting of policy, operational, and administrative provisions, which may sometimes be daunting to navigate. Inquiries to ADB's Office ...
2011, Asian Development Bank, Frequently Asked Questions on Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank, →ISBN
- uncountableMovement or actions opposing corruption.
The rhetoric of anti-corruption was one of the few possible discourses of social criticism.
2003, Wolf Lepenies, Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals: Centers and Peripheries in a Changing World
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishcorruption
- Englishanticorruption
From anti- + corruption.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anticorrupció
- anticorrupcióopposed to or combating corruption
French anticorruption
- anticorruptionopposed to or combating corruption
German antikorruptions-
- antikorruptions-opposed to or combating corruption
Italian anticorruzione
- anticorruzioneopposed to or combating corruption
Polish antykorupcyjny
- antykorupcyjnyopposed to or combating corruption
Portuguese anticorrupção
- anticorrupçãoopposed to or combating corruption
Russian антикоррупцио́нный
- антикоррупцио́нный (antikorrupciónnyj)opposed to or combating corruption
Slovak protikorupčný
- protikorupčnýopposed to or combating corruption
Spanish anticorrupción
- anticorrupciónopposed to or combating corruption
Ukrainian антикорупці́йний
- антикорупці́йний (antykorupcíjnyj)opposed to or combating corruption
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anticorruption
Cite this entry
anticorruption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticorruption
“anticorruption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticorruption. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticorruption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticorruption.
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