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antivice

antivice adjective: opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).

Adjective

antivice (comparative more antivice, superlative most antivice)

  1. Opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).
    • The Red Mosque enjoyed decades of government backing but lately had become a source of embarrassment for General Musharraf as its leaders used their students to carry out Taliban-style antivice campaigns. Mr. Haq told the privately owned Geo television network on Tuesday night that it had become a...2007 July 12, Somini Sengupta, “After Mosque Battle, Musharraf’s Troubles Persist”, in New York Times

Forms of antivice

comparativemore antivice
superlativemost antivice

Origin of antivice

From anti- + vice.

Questions about antivice

What does antivice mean?
Antivice means opposing or countering vice (sinful behaviour).
What part of speech is antivice?
Antivice is an adjective.

Words near antivice in the dictionary

  1. antivibration
  2. antivibrational
  3. antivibrator
  4. antivibrators
  5. antivibratory
  6. antivice
  7. antivictim
  8. antivideo
  9. antivideos
  10. antivigilante
  11. antivillage

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