Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anticaptivity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-t-i-cap-tiv-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

7

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity.

Example Sentences

"Some animal-rights groups and anticaptivity philosophers argued that the whale should be released to the wild immediately."

Etymology

From anti- + captivity.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more anticaptivity (comparative) most anticaptivity (superlative)

Questions

What does anticaptivity mean?: Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity.
Where does anticaptivity come from?: From anti- + captivity.

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