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anticopying

anticopying adjective: opposing or seeking to prevent copying.

Adjective

anticopying (not comparable)

  1. Opposing or seeking to prevent copying
    • Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.2009 January 7, Brad Stone, “Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says”, in New York Times

Origin of anticopying

From anti- + copying.

Questions about anticopying

What does anticopying mean?
Anticopying means opposing or seeking to prevent copying.
What part of speech is anticopying?
Anticopying is an adjective.

Words near anticopying in the dictionary

  1. anticooperative
  2. anticooperatively
  3. anticooperativity
  4. anticop
  5. anticopulatory
  6. anticopying
  7. anticopyright
  8. anticor
  9. anticore
  10. anticorona
  11. anticoronas

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