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antilanguage

antilanguage noun: a language used by a social group to prevent outsiders from understanding it.

Noun

antilanguage (countable and uncountable, plural antilanguages)

  1. A language used by a social group to prevent outsiders from understanding it.

Forms of antilanguage

pluralantilanguages

Origin of antilanguage

From anti- + language.

Questions about antilanguage

What does antilanguage mean?
Antilanguage means a language used by a social group to prevent outsiders from understanding it.
What part of speech is antilanguage?
Antilanguage is a noun.
What is the plural of antilanguage?
The plural of antilanguage is antilanguages.

Words near antilanguage in the dictionary

  1. antilabor
  2. antilabour
  3. antilambda
  4. antilambdas
  5. antilandfill
  6. antilanguage
  7. antilanguages
  8. antilaplacian
  9. antilaplacians
  10. antilapsarian
  11. antilapsarians

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