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antirave

antirave adjective: opposing raves (dance parties).

Adjective

antirave (comparative more antirave, superlative most antirave)

  1. Opposing raves (dance parties).
    • The Criminal Justice Act (CJA) was popularly perceived as an antirave legislation, and most of the campaign against it was organized around the “right to party.”2012, Trebor Scholz, Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory, page 55

Forms of antirave

comparativemore antirave
superlativemost antirave

Origin of antirave

From anti- + rave.

Questions about antirave

What does antirave mean?
Antirave means opposing raves (dance parties).
What part of speech is antirave?
Antirave is an adjective.

Words near antirave in the dictionary

  1. antirationing
  2. antirattle
  3. antirattler
  4. antirattlers
  5. antirattling
  6. antirave
  7. antireactive
  8. antireal
  9. antirealism
  10. antirealisms
  11. antirealist

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