Ultra-

//ˈʌltɹə// prefix

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Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    Greater than normal quantity or importance, as in ultrasecret. morpheme
  2. 2
    Beyond, on the far side of, as in ultraviolet. morpheme
  3. 3
    Beyond, outside of, as in ultraterrestrial. morpheme
  4. 4
    Excessively, to an extreme, as in ultramicroscopic. morpheme

    "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."

  5. 5
    intensely, extremely, or exceptional augmentative, morpheme

Synonyms

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hyperovertransanaarchextra

Antonyms

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infra

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"In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrālbor. English ultra- Borrowed from Latin ultrā (“beyond”).

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