anti-immigration

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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anti- +‎ immigration

Adjective

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anti-immigration (comparative more anti-immigration, superlative most anti-immigration)

  1. (politics) Opposing immigration.
    • 2023 December 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “France passes controversial immigration bill amid deep division in Macron’s party”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Emmanuel Macron’s ruling centrist party was divided and soul-searching on Wednesday after a strict new immigration law was approved by parliament but contained so many hardline measures that the far-right Marine Le Pen claimed it as an “ideological victory” for her own anti-immigration platform.

Usage notes

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  • anti-immigration is several times more common than antiimmigration in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ (antiimmigration*6),anti-immigration at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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