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antimuseum

antimuseum adjective: opposing museums.

Adjective

antimuseum (comparative more antimuseum, superlative most antimuseum)

  1. Opposing museums.
    • He had a clearly articulated antimuseum stance. His antagonism toward the museum as an institution did not take the form of trying to change the museum or subvert it from within. Instead, for a long time, he bypassed it altogether.2001, Julie H. Reiss, From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art, page 29

Forms of antimuseum

comparativemore antimuseum
superlativemost antimuseum

Origin of antimuseum

From anti- + museum.

Questions about antimuseum

What does antimuseum mean?
Antimuseum means opposing museums.
What part of speech is antimuseum?
Antimuseum is an adjective.

Words near antimuseum in the dictionary

  1. antimuons
  2. antimurder
  3. antimurine
  4. antimuscarinic
  5. antimuscarinics
  6. antimuseum
  7. antimusic
  8. antimusical
  9. antimusics
  10. antimuslim
  11. antimuslimism

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