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antistimulus

antistimulus adjective: against stimulus; against major governmental influence in an economy.

Adjective

antistimulus (comparative more antistimulus, superlative most antistimulus)

  1. Against stimulus; against major governmental influence in an economy.
    • These are only some of the fundamentally fraudulent antistimulus arguments out there.2009 January 26, Paul Krugman, “Bad Faith Economics”, in New York Times

Forms of antistimulus

comparativemore antistimulus
superlativemost antistimulus

Origin of antistimulus

From anti- + stimulus.

Questions about antistimulus

What does antistimulus mean?
Antistimulus means against stimulus; against major governmental influence in an economy.
What part of speech is antistimulus?
Antistimulus is an adjective.

Words near antistimulus in the dictionary

  1. Antisthenes
  2. Antisthenian
  3. antistick
  4. antisticking
  5. antistigma
  6. antistimulus
  7. antistock
  8. antistockpiling
  9. antistories
  10. antistory
  11. antistraight

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