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protobacco

protobacco adjective: in favour of tobacco or public smoking in general.

Adjective

protobacco (comparative more protobacco, superlative most protobacco)

  1. In favour of tobacco or public smoking in general.
    • The studies were selected from an original group of 131 papers if they were peer-reviewed and directly compared protobacco media messages in African-American and Caucasian markets.2007 August 28, Nicholas Bakalar, “Insights: Racial Disparity Affirmed in Tobacco Advertising”, in New York Times

Antonyms of protobacco

Forms of protobacco

comparativemore protobacco
superlativemost protobacco

Origin of protobacco

From pro- + tobacco.

Questions about protobacco

What does protobacco mean?
Protobacco means in favour of tobacco or public smoking in general.
What part of speech is protobacco?
Protobacco is an adjective.

Words near protobacco in the dictionary

  1. protoanthophyllite
  2. protoapigenone
  3. protoaspidistrin
  4. protoatmosphere
  5. protoatmospheres
  6. protobacco
  7. protobacterial
  8. protoberberine
  9. protoberberines
  10. protobiface
  11. protobifaces

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