anti-speculative

adjective

an·ti-spec·u·la·tive

ˌan-tē-ˈspe-kyə-lə-tiv,

-ˌlā-,

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antispeculative

: serving or intended to discourage or restrict financial speculation : antispeculation

The government's wartime policies also repressed private finance in multiple and reinforcing ways, including … an intensification of the anti-speculative financial regulation of the New Deal.—

Robert Kuttner

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of anti-speculative was in 1907

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“Anti-speculative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-speculative. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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