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anti-lynching

anti-lynching

6.3
Against killing by a mob and trying to stop it
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.tiˈlɪŋ.tʃɪŋ/
translation icon : antilinching
  • The government passed several anti-lynching laws to protect citizens from mob violence.

Examples

  • Activists organized an anti-lynching rally to raise awareness about racial injustice.

  • He wrote an anti-lynching article condemning violence and calling for legal reforms.

  • The anti-lynching movement gained momentum in the 1920s.

  • Many activists support anti-lynching legislation.

  • The government passed several anti-lynching laws to protect citizens from mob violence.

  • Activists organized an anti-lynching rally to raise awareness about racial injustice.

  • He wrote an anti-lynching article condemning violence and calling for legal reforms.

How Opposed

anti-lynching
6.3
opposed
1 3.5

Surface Forms

anti-lynching positive

Morphology

anti-lynching = lynching (transparent) = anti + lynch + ing

The meaning is directly built from anti- + lynching, and lynching is itself transparently based on lynch + -ing.

Etymology

Anti-lynching joins anti- ('against') with lynching, a word from the name 'Lynch' that came to mean killing or punishment by a crowd without a legal trial. So anti-lynching describes being 'against' and trying to stop those violent crowd killings.