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antimakeup en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + makeup.

Meanings

1. Opposing the wearing of makeup.
   • It is not only to makeup which this argument objects (after all, there is also a Western feminist antimakeup discourse) but also to any improper exposure, including that of the head. 1995, Jane Marie Law, Religious Reflections on the Human Body, page 70:
   • On the first night of the antimakeup crusade, policewomen kept close watch over the city's train stations. "Now go right back and wash your face," one of the policewomen told a rosy-cheeked 16-year-old coming out of a restroom. 2010, Allan T. Duffin, History in Blue:

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