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anticar en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + car.

Meanings

1. Opposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles
   • But in the anticar movement, it is axiomatic that the urban model should be imposed everywhere. 1998 February 20, Harold Henderson, “Car Trouble”, in Chicago Reader:
   • But I don't think Eliot expected the kind of anticar sentiment that we're about. 2003 March 28, Cara Jepsen, “Car and Rider”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

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more anticar	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most anticar	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

anticar en · NOUN

Etymology

From anti- + car.

Meanings

1. An automobile that defies the normal idea of a car
   • He considered the Falcon an anticar. He thought it served the puritan bias of the man who made it more than the needs of the customers or the company. 1986, David Halberstam, The Reckoning, page 362:
   • It was a virtual anticar. 2007 June 17, Phil Patton, “Mad Scionists: Young, Hip and a Bit Less Square”, in New York Times:

Forms

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anticars	Number=Plur		lexicographic