"anti-" meaning in English

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Prefix

IPA: /ˈænˌti/ [UK], /ˈæn.tɪ/ [UK], /ˈæn.ti/ [US], /ˈænˌtaɪ/ [US], /ˈæn.tə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-anti-.wav [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Doublet of and- and ante-. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-}} [Template:root], {{der|en|grc|ἀντι-||against}} Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”), {{doublet|en|and-|ante-}} Doublet of and- and ante- Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} anti-, {{en-prefix}} anti-
  1. Against, opposed to. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: counter- Translations (against, hostile to): ضِدّ (ḍidd) (Arabic), مُضَادّ (muḍādd) (Arabic), نَقِيض (naqīḍ) (Arabic), հակա- (haka-) (Armenian), anti- (Azerbaijani), anti- (Catalan), 反- (fǎn-) (Chinese Mandarin), (kàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (fēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 反對 (Chinese Mandarin), 反对 (fǎnduì) (Chinese Mandarin), anti- (Czech), proti- (Czech), anti- (Dutch), kontraŭ- (Esperanto), anti- (Estonian), anti- (Finnish), vasta- (Finnish), epä- (Finnish), anti- (French), anti- (Galician), ანტი- (anṭi-) (Georgian), gegen- (German), anti- (German), αντι- (anti-) (Greek), אנטי־ (anti-) (Hebrew), प्रति- (prati-) (Hindi), ellen- (Hungarian), -ellenes (Hungarian), elleni (Hungarian), anti- (Hungarian), anti- (Ido), anta- (Irish), anti- (Italian), 反- (han-) (alt: はん-) (Japanese), (hi) (alt: ) (Japanese), (gyaku) (alt: ぎゃく) (Japanese), 反対 (hantai) (alt: はんたい) (Japanese), kontra- (Kapampangan), pangontra- (Kapampangan), 안티 (anti) (Korean), (ban-) (alt: ) (Korean), contra- (Latin), pret- (Latvian), anti- (Latvian), против- (protiv-) (Macedonian), анти- (anti-) (Macedonian), anti- (Malay), ātete (Maori), 𐭩𐭥𐭲 (alt: yʿt /⁠ǰud-⁠/) (Middle Persian), آنتی (ânti-) (Persian), پادـ (pâd-) (Persian), anty- (Polish), przeciw- (Polish), anti- (Portuguese), anti- (Romanian), contra- (Romanian), про́тиво- (prótivo-) (Russian), противо- (protivo-) (Russian), а́нти- (ánti-) (Russian), анти- (anti-) (Russian), anti- (Spanish), contra- (Spanish), anti- (Swedish), எதிர் (etir) (Tamil), chống (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:polarity Disambiguation of 'against, hostile to': 83 9 2 3 1 1 0
  2. Counteracting, neutralizing. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: counter-
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:neutralizing Categories (other): Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Automatic Inscriptional Pahlavi transliterations containing ambiguous characters: 9 32 8 11 7 16 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 38 6 6 4 13 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 20 41 6 6 4 9 13
  3. The opposite of what is typically expected. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:unexpected
  4. Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:opposite
  5. A rival or counterpart to. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:counterpart
  6. (particle physics) Composed of antimatter. Tags: morpheme, particle Categories (topical): Particle physics, Antimatter
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:antimatter Disambiguation of Antimatter: 3 12 4 4 6 64 7 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  7. (immunology) Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Immunology
    Sense id: en-anti--en-prefix-en:immunoglobin Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a-, an-, anti-, in-, non-, un- Hyponyms: contra-, counter-, nega-, ob- Related terms: contra-, counter-, dis-, ob-, anti, wan- [Scottish]

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "against, hostile to",
          "word": "반"
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          "lang": "Middle Persian",
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          "text": "anti- + climax → anticlimax (“a failed or reverse climax”)",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "anti- + chess → antichess (“a variant of chess where the goal is to lose all of one's pieces”)",
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      "roman": "ban-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "반"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "contra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "pret-"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "protiv-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "против-"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "anti-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "анти-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "ātete"
    },
    {
      "alt": "yʿt /⁠ǰud-⁠/",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "𐭩𐭥𐭲"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ânti-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "آنتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâd-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "پادـ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anty-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "przeciw-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "contra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prótivo-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "про́тиво-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivo-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "противо-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ánti-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "а́нти-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "anti-",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "анти-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "contra-"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "anti-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "etir",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "எதிர்"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "against, hostile to",
      "word": "chống"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anti-"
}

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