Anti

//ˈæn.taɪ// adj, noun, prep, slang

adj, noun, prep, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person opposed to a concept or principle.

    "On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices."

  2. 2
    a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds. derogatory, often, slang

    "While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposed to something.
  2. 2
    That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° physical
Adjective
  1. 1
    not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) wordnet
Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative form of anti-. alt-of, alternative, rare

    "I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching."

Synonyms

All synonyms
adventurousadversaryadversativeadverseadversiveagainster

Example

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"Which anti depressant would you recommend for someone who can not take hormones?"

Etymology

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Related phrases

torsion angle

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