antidollar

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adjective

Opposing the dollar, especially that of the United States.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectiveantidollar (comparative more antidollar, superlative most antidollar)

comparative more antidollar · superlative most antidollar

  1. Opposing the dollar, especially that of the United States.

    This is all part of an antidollar diversification strategy.

    2011, Steven Drobny, The Invisible Hands
    3 more examples

    It has been handled up to now by a double device: the U.S. government gives away enough American goods to meet part of this demand, while the rest of it is suppressed by other governments' antidollar restrictions on their peoples' trade and currency.

    1954 January 4, LIFE, page 47

    Protest songs bore nuances of an antidollar culture. To the rhythm of "Dry Bones," protesters recounted "The Connection" between "power," a "nuke plant," a "utility, " and "money."

    2006, John Wills, Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon, page 99

    The antidollar campaign being waged overseas is picking up momentum as German, Swiss, and Japanese central banks move to stem the tremendous strength of the U. S. currency.

    1980, The Business Week, numbers 2626-2634, page 103

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Germanic*dalą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*dal
  9. Old High Germantal
  10. Middle High Germantal
  11. GermanTal
  12. GermanTaler
  13. Middle Low Germandāler
  14. Dutchdaler
  15. Englishdollar
  16. Englishantidollar

From anti- + dollar.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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