taɪ, ˈæn noun, plural an·tis.
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
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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).
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —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 |
| anti- | |
| —prefix | |
| 1. | against; opposing: anticlerical; antisocial |
| 2. | opposite to: anticlimax; antimere |
| 3. | rival; false: antipope |
| 4. | counteracting, inhibiting, or neutralizing: antifreeze; antihistamine |
| 5. | designating the antiparticle of the particle specified: antineutron |
| [from Greek anti] | |
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Word Origin & History
anti-
L. anti- from Gk. anti "against, opposite, instead of," from PIE *anti (see ante).
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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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
anti- or ant-
pref.
Opposite: antimere.
Opposing; against: antisocial.
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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Slang Dictionary
anti definition[ˈænti] or [ˈæntɑɪ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Anti matter is, the same matter existing in different moments of time.
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