anti

B1
US /ˈæn.taɪ/ UK /ˈæn.ti/
noun prep adj Freq #19433

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)

    the antis smelled victory after a long battle

  2. 2
    noun

    A person opposed to a concept or principle.

    On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices.

  3. 3
    noun

    A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds.

    While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist.

  4. 4
    prep

    Alternative form of anti-.

    I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching.

  5. 5
    adj

    not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

  6. 6
    adj

    Opposed to something.

  7. 7
    adj

    That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Etymology

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · a person opposed to a... opponentopposer
3 noun · a fan who objects to a... fancopfandom frollofandomentalistfanpolfantifrollo
Opposites
pro

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