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antihospital

antihospital adjective: opposing hospitals.

Adjective

antihospital (comparative more antihospital, superlative most antihospital)

  1. Opposing hospitals.
    • In 1948, Albert Deutsch's Shame of the States provided a devastating expose of the inhumanity in many (not all) public psychiatric hospitals. Growing public outrage built strong antihospital sentiment […]1992, H. Richard Lamb, Leona L. Bachrach, Frederic I. Kass, Treating the Homeless Mentally Ill

Forms of antihospital

comparativemore antihospital
superlativemost antihospital

Origin of antihospital

From anti- + hospital. Piecewise doublet of antihotel.

Questions about antihospital

What does antihospital mean?
Antihospital means opposing hospitals.
What part of speech is antihospital?
Antihospital is an adjective.

Words near antihospital in the dictionary

  1. antihorizons
  2. antihormonal
  3. antihormone
  4. antihormones
  5. antihorse
  6. antihospital
  7. antihotel
  8. antihuff
  9. antihum
  10. antihuman
  11. antihumanism

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