anti-immigration

English

Alternative forms

• antiimmigration (uncommon)

Etymology

From anti- +‎ immigration.

Adjective

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

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

Antonyms

• pro-immigration

Related terms

• anti-immigrant

Translations

opposing immigration

• Czech: protiimigrační
• Finnish: maahanmuuttovastainen (fi)
• French: anti-immigration (fr)
• Galician: antiinmigración m or f
• Georgian: ანტიიმიგრაციული (anṭiimigraciuli)
• German: einwanderungsfeindlich
• Portuguese: anti-imigração
• Romanian: antiimigrație f
• Spanish: antiinmigración m or f, antinmigración m or f