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✊ Opposition to hunting 🚫 Against hunting
antihunting

antihunting

6.7
Opposed to hunting and trying to stop it
  • adjective
translation icon : anticaza
  • The country passed strict antihunting legislation to protect endangered species from extinction.

Examples

  • Many conservationists support antihunting measures to preserve animal populations.

  • Several antihunting groups protested outside the city hall during the debate on new wildlife laws.

  • The new policy is antihunting and aims to protect endangered species.

  • Many activists support antihunting legislation.

  • Many conservationists support antihunting measures to preserve animal populations.

  • The country passed strict antihunting legislation to protect endangered species from extinction.

  • Several antihunting groups protested outside the city hall during the debate on new wildlife laws.

How Opposed

antihunting
6.7
neutral
218 3.6

Surface Forms

antihunting positive

Morphology

antihunting = hunting (transparent) = anti + hunt + ing

Adding anti- to hunting straightforwardly means opposed to or against hunting.

Etymology

Antihunting comes from the prefix anti- meaning 'against' and the word hunting. Think of it like 'antiwar' — if something is antihunting it is meant to stop or limit hunting.