anti-cure
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.24 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Opposed to a cure, especially where the condition being cured may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.
Example Sentences
- "This is particularly true in the area of medical technology, where being anti-technology is equated with being anti-health and anti-cure."
- "I think many of the anti-cure people focus too much on the semantics of the word "cure." How about "fix" instead?"
- "President Bush pitched his tent on the wrong ground when he set limits on embryo research — he sounded anti-science, anti-cure."