Designed to prevent, reduce, or fight against smog (a type of air pollution).
Formed from the prefix 'anti-' (against) combined with 'smog,' which itself is a portmanteau of 'smoke' and 'fog' coined in the 1950s during London's pollution crisis. The word became common during the environmental movement of the 1960s-70s.
The term 'antismog' exploded in popularity right after the Great Smog of London in 1952 killed thousands of people—it literally changed how cities think about air quality. This word is a perfect example of how crises create new vocabulary to solve new problems.
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