Anti
['æntɪ] or ['æntaɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); 'the antis smelled victory after a long battle'.
(adj.) not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) .
Typist: Penelope--From WordNet
Definition
(-) A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.
Checker: Prudence
Definition
pfx. against in opposition to rivalling simulating. It forms numerous derivatives alike nouns and adjectives as antichrist antipope anticlimax anti-tobacconist; anti-Ritualistic anti-Semite.
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Examples
- And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Gibbon, because of his anti-Christian animus, is hostile to Constantine; but he admits that he was temperate and chaste. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In some sections more anti-slavery men belonged to the Democratic party, and in others to the Whigs. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These are anti-tanks. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Various other anti-septic agents are used and combined in different ways, according to the results of experiments. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Anti-porochial weather this, ma'am. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- For fear that somebody may regard this as a play on words drawn from some ultra-modern anti-intellectualist source, let me quote Santayana. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These are anti-aircraft, two wheels with the gun barrel slanted up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No I am an anti-fascist. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pardon me,' returns Lightwood, 'I must postpone the reply for one moment, or we shall have an anti-climax. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is the level of culture at which Sherman Anti-Trust acts are passed, brothels are raided, and labor agitators are thrown into jail. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Of all the anti-septic agents used for the purposes mentioned boracic acid is the favorite, and salicylic acid next in choice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Lubricants of all kinds had been and are used; but Babbitt's invention was an anti-friction metal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It is anti-creation, like monkeys and baboons. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A breeze came in the night and we heard the men of the anti-aircraft gun on the next roof talking. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Editor: Milton