Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antiprison

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tiprison
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Opposing prisons.

Example Sentences

"During my own career as an antiprison activist I have seen the population of U.S. prisons increase with such rapidity that many people in black, Latino, and Native American communities now have a far greater chance of going to prison than of getting a decent education. When many young people decide to join the military service in order to avoid the inevitability of a stint in prison, it should cause us to wonder whether we should not try to introduce better alternatives."

Etymology

From anti- + prison.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Inflected Forms

more antiprison (comparative) most antiprison (superlative)

Questions

What does antiprison mean?: Opposing prisons.
Where does antiprison come from?: From anti- + prison.

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