antinational

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌæntiˈnæʃənəl/ UK /ˌantiˈnaʃənəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
opposed to the nation or its interests; unpatriotic

Critics of the war were branded antinational by the ruling party.

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Synonyms

1 adj · opposed to the nation or... unpatriotic seditious disloyal

Opposites

nationalist patriotic national

Word family

Related forms national nation nationalism

Etymology

A modern formation from anti- ('against') + national, the latter from Latin nātiōnālis, from nātiō ('nation, birth'), from nāscī ('to be born').

antí Ancient Greek nāscī Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# antinational

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌæntiˈnæʃənəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌantiˈnaʃənəl/

## Meanings
1. opposed to the nation or its interests; unpatriotic

## Examples
- Critics of the war were branded antinational by the ruling party.

## Synonyms
- unpatriotic
- seditious
- disloyal

## Antonyms
- nationalist
- patriotic
- national

## Related Forms
- national
- nation
- nationalism

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: antí
- Root: nāscī

## Etymology
A modern formation from anti- ('against') + national, the latter from Latin nātiōnālis, from nātiō ('nation, birth'), from nāscī ('to be born').

## AI Etymology
antinational is a modern formation from anti- ('against') + national, the latter from Latin nātiōnālis, from nātiō ('nation, birth'), from nāscī ('to be born'). Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the adjective sense is "opposed to the nation or its interests; unpatriotic", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as national, nation, nationalism, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Ancient Greek antí, Latin nāscī, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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