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antispeech

antispeech adjective: preventing free speech; censoring.

Adjective

antispeech (comparative more antispeech, superlative most antispeech)

  1. Preventing free speech; censoring.
    • Nevertheless, where the absence of the ability to mount an effective reply coincides with a strong antispeech interest such as the interest in reputation, the resulting balance of interests may properly be weighed against the right to speak.2000, Melville B. Nimmer, Cases and materials on copyright and other aspects of entertainment litigation

Forms of antispeech

comparativemore antispeech
superlativemost antispeech

Origin of antispeech

From anti- + speech.

Questions about antispeech

What does antispeech mean?
Antispeech means preventing free speech; censoring.
What part of speech is antispeech?
Antispeech is an adjective.

Words near antispeech in the dictionary

  1. antispecism
  2. antispecist
  3. antispecists
  4. antispeculation
  5. antispeculative
  6. antispeech
  7. antispeeding
  8. antispending
  9. antisperm
  10. antispermatogenic
  11. antisphaleron

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