anticontra

anticontra

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ contra

Adjective

anticontra (not comparable)

1. (1980s, now chiefly historical) Opposed to the Nicaraguan Contras, right-wing paramilitaries fighting the Sandinista regime.
   • 1988 May 6, S.L. Wisenberg, “Crime Story”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     In the Senate, Alan J. Dixon, new to the anticontra team, is part of a movement gathering signatures on a letter asking President Reagan to overturn the embargo if peace breaks out.

   • 1995 December 15, Robert McClory, “War on War”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Several weeks later Meyer, Kelly, and five others associated with the Pledge of Resistance, a national anticontra group, walked into the courtrooms of 11 judges at the Dirksen Federal Building, presented an "open letter" to the judges, and declared that an "emergency situation" had developed.

Anagrams

• incantator