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anticontact

anticontact adjective: opposing or forbidding contact.

Adjective

anticontact (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or forbidding contact.
    • The anticontact rule requires an attorney to avoid communicating with an opposing party[…]1988, William P. Statsky, Essentials of Paralegalism, page 220
  2. Preventing skin sticking to other surfaces in a cold environment.
    • Use anticontact gloves when you are working on metal equipment or adjusting instruments.1972, Department of the Army Pamphlet, page 18

Origin of anticontact

From anti- + contact.

Questions about anticontact

What does anticontact mean?
Anticontact means opposing or forbidding contact.
What part of speech is anticontact?
Anticontact is an adjective.

Words near anticontact in the dictionary

  1. anticonsumerism
  2. anticonsumerist
  3. anticonsumerists
  4. anticonsumers
  5. anticonsumption
  6. anticontact
  7. anticontagion
  8. anticontagionism
  9. anticontagionist
  10. anticontagionists
  11. anticontagious

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