Pronunciation:
'an-ti-"dOt
Function: noun
Etymology: from Greek antidoton, from antididonai to give as an antidote,
from anti- + didonai to give
1 : a remedy to counteract the effects of poison
2 : something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts
<an antidote to the mechanization of our society> - antidote transitive
verb
By now almost everybody in the world has felt in one way or another the effects of digital information technology. Some of these effects have been beneficial and some ... just poisonous.
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