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antiresearch

antiresearch adjective: opposed to academic research.

Adjective

antiresearch (comparative more antiresearch, superlative most antiresearch)

  1. Opposed to academic research.
    • This belief [that alcoholism had to be experienced] often generated distrust and antiresearch attitudes among AAs.2005, Sally Brown, David R. Brown, A Biography of Mrs. Marty Mann: The First Lady of Alcoholics Anonymous, page 161

Forms of antiresearch

comparativemore antiresearch
superlativemost antiresearch

Origin of antiresearch

From anti- + research.

Questions about antiresearch

What does antiresearch mean?
Antiresearch means opposed to academic research.
What part of speech is antiresearch?
Antiresearch is an adjective.

Words near antiresearch in the dictionary

  1. antireproductive
  2. antirepublican
  3. antirepublicans
  4. antirequisite
  5. antirequisites
  6. antiresearch
  7. antireservation
  8. antireservationist
  9. antireservationists
  10. antiresistance
  11. antiresistant

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