antiprevention

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adjective

Opposing prevention (of crime, the spread of disease, etc.).

Opposite
proprevention
Scrabble 19

Meanings

adjectiveantiprevention (comparative more antiprevention, superlative most antiprevention)

comparative more antiprevention · superlative most antiprevention

  1. Opposing prevention (of crime, the spread of disease, etc.).

    She added, to cheers, “I want you to know that when I’m president, I will devote my very first days in office to reversing these ideological, antiscience, antiprevention policies that this administration has put into place.”

    2007 July 18, Robin Toner, “Democrats Attack Bush on Women’s Health Issues”, in New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
proprevention

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

antiprevention. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprevention

MLA

“antiprevention.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprevention. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiprevention,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiprevention.

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