"anticircus" meaning in English

See anticircus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more anticircus [comparative], most anticircus [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + circus. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|circus}} anti- + circus Head templates: {{en-adj}} anticircus (comparative more anticircus, superlative most anticircus)
  1. Opposing circuses.
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