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an·ti

   [an-tahy, an-tee]
noun, plural -tis.
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
Origin:
1780–90; by shortening of words prefixed with anti-

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anti-

 
a prefix meaning “against,” “opposite of,” “antiparticle of,” used in the formation of compound words (anticline); used freely in combination with elements of any origin (antibody; antifreeze; antiknock; antilepton).
Also, before a vowel, ant-.

Origin:
Middle English < Latin < Greek, prefixal use of antí; akin to Sanskrit ánti opposite, Latin ante, Middle Dutch ende (> Dutch en and), English an- in answer. Compare ante-, and

Can be confused: ante, ante-, anti-, auntie.
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anti (ˈæntɪ)
 
—adj
1.  opposed to a party, policy, attitude, etc: he won't join because he is rather anti
 
—n
2.  an opponent of a party, policy, etc

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anti-
L. anti- from Gk. anti "against, opposite, instead of," from PIE *anti (see ante).
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anti
as a stand-alone word, attested from 1788 (n.), originally in ref to the anti-federalists in U.S. politics (in the 1830s, of the Anti-Masonic party); as an adj., from 1857. From anti- in various usages.
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anti- or ant-
pref.

  1. Opposite: antimere.

  2. Opposing; against: antisocial.

  3. Counteracting; neutralizing: antibody.

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Science Dictionary
anti-  
A prefix whose basic meaning is "against." It is used to form adjectives that mean "counteracting" (such as antiseptic, preventing infection). It is also used to form nouns referring to substances that counteract other substances (such as antihistamine, a substance counteracting histamine), and nouns meaning "something that displays opposite, reverse, or inverse characteristics of something else" (such as anticyclone, a storm that circulates in the opposite direction from a cyclone). Before a vowel it becomes ant-, as in antacid.
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anti definition

[ˈænti] or [ˈæntɑɪ]
  1. n.
    someone who is against someone or something. : All the antis are going to vote for it this time.
  2. mod.
    against someone or something. (Sometimes with the force of a preposition.) : I'm not anti the proposal, I just have some questions.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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