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Anti-
Definitions
- 1 Against, opposed to. morpheme
"anti- + abortion → antiabortion"
- 2 Obsolete form of ante-. alt-of, morpheme, obsolete
"antichamber, antiport, antiroom"
- 3 Counteracting, neutralizing. morpheme
"anti- + aircraft → antiaircraft"
- 4 The opposite of what is typically expected. morpheme
"anti- + hero → antihero (“a protagonist who acts in an unheroic manner”)"
- 5 Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction. morpheme
"anti- + clockwise → anticlockwise"
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- 6 A rival or counterpart to. morpheme
"anti- + pope → antipope (“a person who claims to be the real pope”)"
- 7 Composed of antimatter. morpheme, particle
"anti- + electron → antielectron"
- 8 Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal. morpheme
"anti- + rabbit → antirabbit"
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Cognate with Old English and- (“against, in return, back, un-”), German ent- (“off, away, un-”). Doublet of ante- and un-.
Probably largely from association with etymology 1, either in English or in French, although some early formations (especially antichamber) reflect Italian anti-.
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