What does "anti-cure" mean?

Opposed to a cure, especially where the condition being cured may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.

Anti-cure

adj

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Adjective

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Opposed to a cure, especially where the condition being cured may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.
"This is particularly true in the area of medical technology, where being anti-technology is equated with being anti-health and anti-cure."

"This is particularly true in the area of medical technology, where being anti-technology is equated with being anti-health and anti-cure."

From anti- + cure.

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