"anticommunication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anticommunications [plural]
Etymology: anti- + communication Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|communication}} anti- + communication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anticommunication (countable and uncountable, plural anticommunications)
  1. A failure to communicate effectively or at all. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-anticommunication-en-noun-endtcNNz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-

Inflected forms

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