antisealing en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + sealing.
Meanings
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Opposing the hunting of seals.
Antisealing and antifur lobbies are criticized in the North for having a double standard; condemning hunters for harvesting “luxury” furs when fur has been the only “cash crop” available for northerners to export.
2012, Mark Nuttall, Encyclopedia of the Arctic, page 692:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more antisealing | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most antisealing | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |