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contraceptive

adj
/ˈkɒn.tɹəˌsɛp.tɪv/UK

Etymology

Coined in the 20th century from contra- + conceptive; compare the related contraception.

Definitions

  1. That acts to prevent conception as a result of sexual intercourse.

    • She was careful to take her contraceptive pill at the same time every day.

  2. A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be…

    A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.

    • Putting a pig's bladder over one's penis before intercourse is not a good contraceptive.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contraceptive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contraceptive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at contraceptive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA