Anticommunication

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A failure to communicate effectively or at all. countable, uncountable

    "[…] this block brings about a breakdown linked to anticommunication — horns are sounded, insults hurled at fellow drivers; […]"

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"[…] this block brings about a breakdown linked to anticommunication — horns are sounded, insults hurled at fellow drivers; […]"

Etymology

From anti- + communication.

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