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antitourism

antitourism adjective: opposing tourism.

Adjective

antitourism (comparative more antitourism, superlative most antitourism)

  1. Opposing tourism.

Noun

antitourism (uncountable)

  1. Opposition to tourism.
    • By 1850, though, there were enough of the new generation of nouveaux-riches tourists visiting Europe to provoke a strong current of what could be called class-based antitourism.2000, Harvey Levenstein, Seductive Journey, page 177
    • Antitourism, the end of travel and deceleration are themes that have been examined closely by others studying travel writing, but they provide background to many of the encounters discussed in the following chapters […]2015, Catharine Mee, Interpersonal Encounters in Contemporary Travel Writing, page 18

Forms of antitourism

comparativemore antitourism
superlativemost antitourism

Origin of antitourism

From anti- + tourism.

Questions about antitourism

What does antitourism mean?
Antitourism means opposing tourism.
What part of speech is antitourism?
Antitourism can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antitourism in the dictionary

  1. antitorque
  2. antitorture
  3. antitotalitarian
  4. antitotalitarianism
  5. antitotalitarians
  6. antitourism
  7. antitourist
  8. antitouristic
  9. antitoxic
  10. antitoxicity
  11. antitoxin

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