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antimakeup

antimakeup adjective: opposing the wearing of makeup.

Adjective

antimakeup (comparative more antimakeup, superlative most antimakeup)

  1. Opposing the wearing of makeup.
    • It is not only to makeup which this argument objects (after all, there is also a Western feminist antimakeup discourse) but also to any improper exposure, including that of the head.1995, Jane Marie Law, Religious Reflections on the Human Body, page 70
    • On the first night of the antimakeup crusade, policewomen kept close watch over the city's train stations. "Now go right back and wash your face," one of the policewomen told a rosy-cheeked 16-year-old coming out of a restroom.2010, Allan T. Duffin, History in Blue

Forms of antimakeup

comparativemore antimakeup
superlativemost antimakeup

Origin of antimakeup

From anti- + makeup.

Questions about antimakeup

What does antimakeup mean?
Antimakeup means opposing the wearing of makeup.
What part of speech is antimakeup?
Antimakeup is an adjective.

Words near antimakeup in the dictionary

  1. antimainstream
  2. antimajoritarian
  3. antimajoritarianism
  4. antimajoritarians
  5. antimajority
  6. antimakeup
  7. antimalaria
  8. antimalarial
  9. antimalarially
  10. antimalarials
  11. antimale

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