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antispanker

antispanker noun: one who opposes the practice of spanking.

Noun

antispanker (plural antispankers)

  1. One who opposes the practice of spanking.
    • Although I began my parenting years as an antispanker, it wasn't long before I realized that in certain cases—specifically involving danger and/or direct defiance—it is necessary and does less harm to the child than the results of the dangerous or defiant behavior.2007, Barbara Curtis, Mommy, Teach Me, B&H Publishing Group, →ISBN

Forms of antispanker

pluralantispankers

Origin of antispanker

From anti- + spanker.

Questions about antispanker

What does antispanker mean?
Antispanker means one who opposes the practice of spanking.
What part of speech is antispanker?
Antispanker is a noun.
What is the plural of antispanker?
The plural of antispanker is antispankers.

Words near antispanker in the dictionary

  1. antispaces
  2. antispam
  3. antispammer
  4. antispammers
  5. antispamming
  6. antispanker
  7. antispankers
  8. antispanking
  9. antispark
  10. antisparking
  11. antisparticle

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