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antigreen

antigreen adjective: one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to green in a quark.

Adjective

antigreen (not comparable)

  1. One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to green in a quark.
  2. Opposed to environmentally-based politics.
    • Hay's main concern, in the light of an antigreen backlash, is that homocentric democracy is insufficient for the achievement of the ecocentric goals […]1999, Douglas Torgerson, The promise of green politics: environmentalism and the public sphere

Noun

antigreen (plural antigreens)

  1. One who opposes environmentally-based politics.

Forms of antigreen

pluralantigreens

Origin of antigreen

From anti- + green.

Questions about antigreen

What does antigreen mean?
Antigreen means one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to green in a quark.
What part of speech is antigreen?
Antigreen can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antigreen in the dictionary

  1. antigravity lean
  2. antigravity leans
  3. antigravity yoga
  4. antigravs
  5. antigreed
  6. antigreen
  7. antigreens
  8. antigriddle
  9. antigriddles
  10. antigropeloes
  11. antigropelos

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