Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antislavery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: an-ti-slav-ery
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposed to the practice of slavery.

Example Sentences

"Prior to the U.S. Civil War, there were a number of northern periodicals devoted to publishing antislavery content."

Etymology

From anti- + slavery.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti-

Inflected Forms

more antislavery (comparative) most antislavery (superlative)

Derived Forms

antislaveryism

Questions

What does antislavery mean?: Opposed to the practice of slavery.
Where does antislavery come from?: From anti- + slavery.

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