"anticaptivity" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more anticaptivity [comparative], most anticaptivity [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + captivity. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|captivity}} anti- + captivity Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticaptivity (comparative more anticaptivity, superlative most anticaptivity)
  1. Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity.
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