Anticar

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An automobile that defies the normal idea of a car

    "He considered the Falcon an anticar. He thought it served the puritan bias of the man who made it more than the needs of the customers or the company."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles

    "But in the anticar movement, it is axiomatic that the urban model should be imposed everywhere."

Example

More examples

"But in the anticar movement, it is axiomatic that the urban model should be imposed everywhere."

Etymology

From anti- + car.

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