antipromotion

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adjective

Inhibiting the promotion of a disease.

OriginEnglish promotion ← Old French promocion ← Late Latin prōmotiō →
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Meanings

adjectiveantipromotion (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineInhibiting the promotion of a disease.

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-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  11. Proto-Italic*pro-
  12. Latinprō-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  15. Proto-Italic*moweō
  16. Latinmoveō
  17. Latinprōmoveō
  18. Late Latinprōmotiō
  19. Old Frenchpromocion
  20. Englishpromotion
  21. Englishantipromotion

From anti- + promotion.

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APA

antipromotion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipromotion

MLA

“antipromotion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipromotion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antipromotion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antipromotion.

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