Antiperson
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Somebody who is not a person, or not accepted as a person, or who violates the conventions of personhood.
"The Economic Man of White Collar led Mills to formulate a parallel cultural variant: “the cheerful robot.” To such an anti-person, history was little more than a blind drift of incomprehensible forces, which, he mechanically reasoned, obeyed the classic law of Fate (“Whatever is, must therefore be”)."
- 2 A hypothetical person made out of antimatter.
"There could be whole antiworlds and antipeople made out of antiparticles. However, if you meet your antiself, don't shake hands!"
Example
More examples"The Economic Man of White Collar led Mills to formulate a parallel cultural variant: “the cheerful robot.” To such an anti-person, history was little more than a blind drift of incomprehensible forces, which, he mechanically reasoned, obeyed the classic law of Fate (“Whatever is, must therefore be”)."
Etymology
From anti- + person.
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