antisupermarket

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anti- +‎ supermarket

Adjective[edit]

antisupermarket (comparative more antisupermarket, superlative most antisupermarket)

  1. Opposing supermarkets.
    • 1986, Jack Newcombe, Northern California: a history and guide:
      En route to the depot at the end of the next block, Val's Smoke-shop offers shelves of magazines, newspapers, Calistoga Mineral Water, juices, California wines, liquor and a small selection of groceries if one is in a hurried, antisupermarket mood.
    • 2008, Ashok Gulati, The rise of supermarkets and their development implications:
      It is important to keep in mind that the United States has a history of the strongest and longest antisupermarket regulatory history of any country in the world.