"anticar" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more anticar [comparative], most anticar [superlative]
Etymology: anti- + car Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|car}} anti- + car Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticar (comparative more anticar, superlative most anticar)
  1. Opposed to automobiles or the excessive use of automobiles
    Sense id: en-anticar-en-adj-ez8hxTEj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 61 39

Noun

Forms: anticars [plural]
Etymology: anti- + car Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|car}} anti- + car Head templates: {{en-noun}} anticar (plural anticars)
  1. An automobile that defies the normal idea of a car
    Sense id: en-anticar-en-noun-D1MXEBrr

Inflected forms

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