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antipill en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + pill.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Preventing or countering the formation of pills on fabric.
2. Opposing the contraceptive pill.
   • This antipill lobbying technique is epitomized by a July 1964 meeting between the Oral Contraception Committee of the FPFJ and representatives from MHW's Drug Bureau and the drug shingikai. 1998, The Journal of Japanese Studies, volume 24:
3. Opposing a poison pill.
   • In fact, the 1997 proposal was a binding bylaw amendment prompted by Fleming's refusal to redeem its poison pill despite a 65 percent antipill vote the previous year. 2000, James P. Hawley, Andrew T. Williams, The rise of fiduciary capitalism, page 63:

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