anti-ageingadj.
/ˌantɪˈeɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈeɪdʒɪŋ/ Designed to counter or slow the process of ageing; esp. (of a product or technique) claiming to reduce or reverse the effects of ageing on a person's appearance.
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1917 U.S. Patent 1,249,180 2/2 A process for treating rubber or similar material which comprises subjecting the rubber to a vulcanizing agent containing oxygen in the presence of anti-aging material, and inducing vulcanization to take place by the action thereof.
1946 Nature 24 Aug. 277/1 The combination of androgenic, oestrogenic and thyroid hormones together produces an apparent ‘anti-ageing’ effect.
2011 Esquire July 61/1 This is an anti-ageing moisturiser with a wealth of botanical ingredients.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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