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antisodomy

antisodomy adjective: seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy.

Adjective

antisodomy (not comparable)

  1. Seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy
    • Many felt it was the first positive news at the federal level since 1986, when the court affirmed a state's interest in restricting sexual behavior by upholding Georgia's antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.1996 August 30, Jeffrey Felshman, “How to Win Enemies and Influence People”, in Chicago Reader
    • Doesn't it violate the Texas antisodomy law once backed by President Bush--to say nothing of the FCC's new antismut regulations--for so many U.S. senators to have their heads up their butts on C-SPAN?2004 July 23, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of antisodomy

From anti- + sodomy.

Questions about antisodomy

What does antisodomy mean?
Antisodomy means seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy.
What part of speech is antisodomy?
Antisodomy is an adjective.

Words near antisodomy in the dictionary

  1. antisocieties
  2. antisociety
  3. antisociologist
  4. antisociologists
  5. antisocratic
  6. antisodomy
  7. antisoil
  8. antisoiling
  9. antisolar
  10. antisolicitation
  11. antisoliton

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