antigenerative
antigenerative adjective: opposing generation or procreation.
Adjective
antigenerative (comparative more antigenerative, superlative most antigenerative)
- Opposing generation or procreation.
- If the seed packets (and the absence of seeds in them) begin to suggest the generative sterility-in-mass-production, the incapacity of those in a female workforce to conceive, the antigenerative quality of this work becomes still more apparent when we consider in greater detail the paper that the...1997, Michael Newbury, Figuring authorship in antebellum America, page 64
- Her desire is a desire to die, and the dark tomb is described as her bridal chamber. She is placed at the end of generations: an antigenerative force, childless, perverted, an incestuous offspring.2010, Fanny Söderbäck, Feminist Readings of Antigone, page 76
Forms of antigenerative
| comparative | more antigenerative |
|---|---|
| superlative | most antigenerative |
Origin of antigenerative
From anti- + generative.
Questions about antigenerative
- What does antigenerative mean?
- Antigenerative means opposing generation or procreation.
- What part of speech is antigenerative?
- Antigenerative is an adjective.
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