antispanker

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noun

One who opposes the practice of spanking.

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Meanings

nounantispanker (plural antispankers)

plural antispankers

  1. One who opposes the practice of spanking.

    Although I began my parenting years as an antispanker, it wasn't long before I realized that in certain cases—specifically involving danger and/or direct defiance—it is necessary and does less harm to the child than the results of the dangerous or defiant behavior.

    2007, Barbara Curtis, Mommy, Teach Me, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN

Origin

From anti- + spanker.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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