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anticonscription

anticonscription

8.6
Opposition to required military service
  • noun
  • /ˌæntiˈkɒnskrɪpʃən/
: anticonscripción
  • The anticonscription movement gained momentum as more citizens protested against mandatory military service.

Examples

  • Some potential draftees, particularly among the more affluent, liberal, English-speaking community, became involved in an anticonscription campaign, especially when military duty meant liability for service in the African townships of metropolitan South Africa.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The Afrikaners participated only marginally in the anticonscription campaign.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Many young people joined the anticonscription rally to voice their opposition to enforced enlistment.

  • During the 1960s, various groups organized anticonscription demonstrations to challenge the draft laws.

Synonyms

antimilitarism
vsanticonscription
1 7.6

A belief that military power and influence should be limited

is focused specifically on opposing compulsory military service rather than broad military influence
antidraft
vsanticonscription
  • US
7.7

A person or group that opposes military service

is the general stance against required military service rather than the people opposing it

Surface Forms

anticonscription singular
anticonscriptions plural

Morphology

anticonscription = conscription (transparent) = anti + conscript + ion

The noun is transparently formed by adding 'anti-' to 'conscription' to denote opposition to the practice or movement.

Etymology

Anticonscription names the opposition or movement against required military service. It comes from anti- ('against') plus conscription (from a root meaning 'to write', like script), so anticonscription means the action or group that opposes the draft.