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English
Etymology
From anti- + immigrant.
Adjective
anti-immigrant (comparative more anti-immigrant, superlative most anti-immigrant)
- (politics) Opposing immigrants or immigration.
Usage notes
- anti-immigrant is several times more common than antiimmigrant in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Translations
opposing immigrants or immigration
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