Antiguru

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is or attempts to be the opposite of a guru.

    "He styles himself the antiguru, the anti-Martha Stewart, the anti-Rachael Ray. And his is the war to end all wars."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.

    "Paranoid behavior, too, is often seen in the manifestation of hostility toward such tales, when the listener thinks that he or she is being challenged by what sounds like an antiguru story."

Example

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"Paranoid behavior, too, is often seen in the manifestation of hostility toward such tales, when the listener thinks that he or she is being challenged by what sounds like an antiguru story."

Etymology

From anti- + guru.

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