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anticharity

anticharity adjective: opposing charitable donations.

Adjective

anticharity (comparative more anticharity, superlative most anticharity)

  1. Opposing charitable donations.
    • Social Darwinism, with its racism, classism, and anticharity attitudes, is a major threat to humane policy today.2011, Rachel M. MacNair, The Psychology of Peace, page 123

Noun

anticharity (plural anticharities)

  1. A charity nominated by a potential donor who disagrees with its goals, used as a forfeit for money wagered to encourage oneself to do something.

Forms of anticharity

Adjective
comparativemore anticharity
superlativemost anticharity
Noun
pluralanticharities

Origin of anticharity

From anti- + charity.

Questions about anticharity

What does anticharity mean?
Anticharity means opposing charitable donations.
What part of speech is anticharity?
Anticharity can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near anticharity in the dictionary

  1. antichange
  2. antichaos
  3. antichaotic
  4. antichaotropic
  5. anticharities
  6. anticharity
  7. anticharm
  8. antichatter
  9. antichauvinism
  10. antichauvinist
  11. antichauvinists

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