antisodomy
English
Etymology
anti- + sodomy
Adjective
antisodomy (not comparable)
- (chiefly law) Seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy
- 1996 August 30, Jeffrey Felshman, “How to Win Enemies and Influence People”, in Chicago Reader:
- Many felt it was the first positive news at the federal level since 1986, when the court affirmed a state's interest in restricting sexual behavior by upholding Georgia's antisodomy law in Bowers v. Hardwick.
- 2004 July 23, Dan Savage, “Savage Love”, in Chicago Reader:
- Doesn't it violate the Texas antisodomy law once backed by President Bush--to say nothing of the FCC's new antismut regulations--for so many U.S. senators to have their heads up their butts on C-SPAN?
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Translations
seeking to prevent or prohibit sodomy
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