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an⋅ti

  [an-tahy, an-tee]
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–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:
ME < L < Gk, prefixal use of antí; akin to Skt ánti opposite, L ante, MD ende (> D en and), E an- in answer. Cf. ante-, and
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an·ti   (ān'tī, -tē)   
n.   pl. an·tis
A person who is opposed to something, such as a group, policy, proposal, or practice.
adj.  Opposed: "Douglas MacArthur had a coterie of worshipers, balanced off by an equal number . . . who were vehemently anti" (Joseph C. Harsch).
prep.  Opposed to; against.

[From anti-.]
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Slang Dictionary
anti [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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Word Origin & History

anti- 
L. anti- from Gk. anti "against, opposite, instead of," from PIE *anti (see ante). Antisocial is from 1797. Anti-aircraft (adj.) first attested 1914; first record of anti-freeze is 1913 (adj.), 1935 as a noun; anti-matter first attested 1953. Antihistamine first attested 1933. Anti-American first recorded 1793, in ref. to parliamentary policies.
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Medical Dictionary

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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