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antisurveillance

antisurveillance noun: synonym of countersurveillance.

Noun

antisurveillance (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of countersurveillance.
    • Conduct antisurveillance: survey your surroundings to be sure no one is surveilling you.
    • Looking around is an act of antisurveillance: it's a simple precaution that can put off a criminal because he sees you are aware and therefore not soft.2004, Simon Harrison, Kung Fu for Girls: Self-Defense with Style

Adjective

antisurveillance (comparative more antisurveillance, superlative most antisurveillance)

  1. Against surveillance.
    • They're not against technology per se but they're very antisurveillance.

Synonyms of antisurveillance

Forms of antisurveillance

comparativemore antisurveillance
superlativemost antisurveillance

Origin of antisurveillance

From anti- + surveillance.

Questions about antisurveillance

What does antisurveillance mean?
Antisurveillance means synonym of countersurveillance.
What part of speech is antisurveillance?
Antisurveillance can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near antisurveillance in the dictionary

  1. antisurfactants
  2. antisurfing
  3. antisurge
  4. antisurgery
  5. antisurgical
  6. antisurveillance
  7. antisurvival
  8. antisway
  9. antisweat
  10. antisweatshop
  11. antisweet

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