Definitions
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- adjective   Opposing the consumer .
- noun   A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
Etymologies
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Examples
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								This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.” Wonk Room 2009 
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								This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.” 
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								The demonstration is an outgrowth of an article titled #OccupyWallStreet on Adbusters, a nonprofit anticonsumer organization that runs a magazine. Protest Closes Off Wall Street Roads Pervaiz Shallwani 2011 
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								This approach has contributed to greater insurer concentration, “more anticonsumer insurance provisions, greater payment delays, less coverage and poorer service.” Wonk Room » Anti-Trust Law May Not Prevent Health Industry From Reducing Health Care Costs 2009 
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								"The commission's proposal is anticonsumer and only in the narrow commercial interest of a handful of ailing flag carriers," said easyJet Chief Executive Andy Harrison Big Airlines to Get Respite on EU Rules for Airport Slots 2009 
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								What has been overlooked is the anticompetitive and anticonsumer nature of the court's decision. 
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								(To do this, you have to break the copy-protection scheme -- an act that is specifically outlawed by the anticonsumer Digital Millennium Copyright Act.) 
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								"Arbitration is a new approach in this context but necessary in light of recent anticonsumer Supreme Court precedent," he said. CNET News.com 2011 
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								In 2009, some legislators, labor unions, pharmacies and consumer groups raised concerns about potentially anticompetitive and anticonsumer business practices by CVS Caremark. NYT > Home Page By REED ABELSON 2012 
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								The interest groups argued in their petition that the F.C.C's blackout rule "supports antifan, anticonsumer behavior by professional sports leagues." NYT > Home Page By RICHARD SANDOMIR 2012 
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