anticorruption

See also: anti-corruption

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ corruption.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæntiːkəˈɹʌpʃən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌpʃən

Adjective

anticorruption (comparative more anticorruption, superlative most anticorruption)

  1. Opposed to or combating corruption
    The government recently started an anticorruption campaign.
    • 2011, Asian Development Bank, Frequently Asked Questions on Anticorruption and Integrity, Asian Development Bank, →ISBN:
      In the fight against corruption, ADB staff members are supported by an elaborate anticorruption framework, consisting of policy, operational, and administrative provisions, which may sometimes be daunting to navigate. Inquiries to ADB's Office ...

Translations

Noun

anticorruption (uncountable)

  1. Movement or actions opposing corruption.
    • 2003, Wolf Lepenies, Entangled Histories and Negotiated Universals: Centers and Peripheries in a Changing World‎[1]:
      The rhetoric of anti-corruption was one of the few possible discourses of social criticism.

See also

French

Etymology

From anti- +‎ corruption.

Adjective

anticorruption (invariable)

  1. anticorruption
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