anti-immigration
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
anti- + immigration
Adjective[edit]
anti-immigration (comparative more anti-immigration, superlative most anti-immigration)
- (politics) Opposing immigration.
- 2023 December 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform.
Usage notes[edit]
- anti-immigration is several times more common than antiimmigration in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
opposing immigration
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References[edit]
- ^ (antiimmigration*6),anti-immigration at Google Ngram Viewer
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov