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anticorruption

/ˌæntiːkəˈɹʌpʃən/

anticorruption adjective: opposed to or combating corruption.

Adjective

anticorruption (comparative more anticorruption, superlative most anticorruption)

  1. Opposed to or combating corruption.
    • The government recently started an anticorruption campaign.
    • In the fight against corruption, ADB staff members are supported by an elaborate anticorruption framework, consisting of policy, operational, and administrative provisions, which may sometimes be daunting to navigate. Inquiries to ADB's Office ...2011, Asian Development Bank, Frequently Asked Questions on Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank, →ISBN

Noun

anticorruption (uncountable)

  1. Movement or actions opposing corruption.
    • The rhetoric of anti-corruption was one of the few possible discourses of social criticism.2003, Wolf Lepenies, Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals: Centers and Peripheries in a Changing World

anticorruption meaning in Tamil

anticorruption in Tamil

ஊழல்தடுப்பு

Forms of anticorruption

comparativemore anticorruption
superlativemost anticorruption
alternative formanti-corruption

Origin of anticorruption

From anti- + corruption.

Words that rhyme with anticorruption

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Questions about anticorruption

What does anticorruption mean?
Anticorruption means opposed to or combating corruption.
What is anticorruption in Tamil?
Anticorruption in Tamil is ஊழல்தடுப்பு. See Anticorruption meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anticorruption?
Anticorruption can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anticorruption?
Anticorruption is pronounced /ˌæntiːkəˈɹʌpʃən/.

Words near anticorruption in the dictionary

  1. anticorrelations
  2. anticorrelative
  3. anticorrosion
  4. anticorrosive
  5. anticorrosives
  6. anticorruption
  7. anticors
  8. anticorset
  9. anticortisol
  10. Anticos
  11. anticosine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anticorruption (page history and authors); anticorruption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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