anti-industrial

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- +‎ industrial.

Adjective

anti-industrial (comparative more anti-industrial, superlative most anti-industrial)

  1. Opposing industry.

Usage notes

  • anti-industrial is several times more common than antiindustrial in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]

Translations

References

  1. ^ (antiindustrial*6),anti-industrial at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Portuguese

Etymology

From anti- +‎ industrial.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˌt͡ʃi.ĩ.dus.tɾiˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˌt͡ʃi.ĩ.dusˈtɾjaw/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˌt͡ʃi.ĩ.duʃ.tɾiˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˌt͡ʃi.ĩ.duʃˈtɾjaw/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˌti.ĩ.duʃ.tɾiˈal/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˌti.ĩ.duʃˈtɾjal/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃ˌti.ĩ.duʃ.tɾiˈa.li/, (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˌti.ĩ.duʃˈtɾja.li/

  • Hyphenation: an‧ti‧in‧dus‧tri‧al

Adjective

anti-industrial m or f (plural anti-industriais)

  1. antiindustrial (opposing industry)
    Synonym: anti-indústria