anti-harassment

adjective

an·​ti-ha·​rass·​ment
ˌan-tē-hə-ˈras-mənt;
-ˈher-əs-,
-ˈha-rəs-;
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-harassment (audio)
: serving or intended to discourage or prevent harassment
anti-harassment policies in the workplace

Examples of anti-harassment in a Sentence

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Under the changes, protests are effectively banned inside and immediately outside academic buildings, and all demonstration activity is subject to the university’s antidiscrimination and anti-harassment policies. Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025 The new rules effectively ban protests inside and immediately outside academic buildings, and all demonstration activity is subject to the university’s antidiscrimination and anti-harassment policies. Chris Boyette, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025 Emily May, a co-founder and the president of Right To Be, a nonprofit anti-harassment organization, said her group relies on the federal government for at least 10% of its funding. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 6 Mar. 2025 This press release also indicates that the acting chair will be revising anti-harassment guidance to remove references to intentional misgendering as harassment. Trans Formations Project, Them, 31 Jan. 2025 For instance, some states have stricter anti-harassment or lactation accommodation requirements. Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 These legal parameters frequently lead employers to adopt workplace anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies that set guidelines and requirements for conducting investigations in response to employee complaints of workplace misconduct. Gabriella Levine, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 The tenant anti-harassment ordinance, known as TAHO, was originally passed three years ago in an effort to protect tenants from being threatened or intimidated by landlords. Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 Oaks Christian’s Head of School Rob Black pledged that year to strengthen the school’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies. Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-harassment was in 1961

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“Anti-harassment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-harassment. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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