Antiholiday
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A holiday celebrated as a form of opposition to normal or regular holidays.
"The idea was to celebrate Buy Nothing Day, an antiholiday invented by the Vancouver-based Media Foundation in the early 90s that takes place on what's traditionally one of the busiest shopping days of the year. ""
- 1 Opposing or taking a negative view of the holiday season.
"Originally entitled Hellcab Does Christmas and marketed as a hip antiholiday holiday show, Will Kern's incredibly black comedy about a day in the life of a poor beleaguered cab driver was never, strictly speaking, a holiday show."
Example
More examples"Originally entitled Hellcab Does Christmas and marketed as a hip antiholiday holiday show, Will Kern's incredibly black comedy about a day in the life of a poor beleaguered cab driver was never, strictly speaking, a holiday show."
Etymology
From anti- + holiday.
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