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antichild

antichild adjective: opposing children.

Adjective

antichild (comparative more antichild, superlative most antichild)

  1. Opposing children.
    • An antichild pedagogical milieu in which antichild sentiments are prevalent and where the child experiences his situation in the family and community as being such that he cannot be accommodated.1993, Johann Le Roux, The Black child in crisis: a socio-educational perspective, Volume 2

Forms of antichild

comparativemore antichild
superlativemost antichild

Origin of antichild

From anti- + child.

Questions about antichild

What does antichild mean?
Antichild means opposing children.
What part of speech is antichild?
Antichild is an adjective.

Words near antichild in the dictionary

  1. antichemism
  2. antichemotactic
  3. antichemotaxis
  4. antichess
  5. antichicken
  6. antichild
  7. antichildren
  8. antichimeric
  9. antichimpanzee
  10. antichip
  11. antichlamydial

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