antidesertification

adjective

an·​ti·​de·​sert·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌan-tē-di-ˌzər-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

ˌan-tī-

: intended to prevent or reduce desertification

Somalia has launched a vigorous antidesertification drive that includes a ban on cutting firewood.

—Philip Elmer-Dewitt

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for antidesertification

• deindustrialization
• immunoprecipitation
• individualisation
• individualization
• institutionalisation
• institutionalization
• internationalization
• neovascularization
• operationalization
• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration