"anti" meaning in English

See anti in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæn.ti/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anti.wav Forms: more anti [comparative], most anti [superlative]
Rhymes: -ænti Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Head templates: {{en-adj}} anti (comparative more anti, superlative most anti)
  1. Opposed to something. Translations (opposed): vastainen (Finnish), vastustava (Finnish), gegen (German), anti (Indonesian), anty (Polish), chống (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-anti-en-adj-V4XwwvAa Disambiguation of 'opposed': 98 2
  2. (physical chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry Translations (that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°): vastustava (Finnish), ante (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-anti-en-adj-Kup3Ipvv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 40 40 11 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 24 28 8 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 17 13 0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: syn [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]

Noun

IPA: /ˈæn.ti/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anti.wav Forms: antis [plural]
Rhymes: -ænti Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Head templates: {{en-noun}} anti (plural antis)
  1. A person opposed to a concept or principle. Categories (topical): Shapes Synonyms: opponent, opposer Translations (one opposed): kontraŭulo (Esperanto), vastustaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-anti-en-noun-JD-u35N6 Disambiguation of Shapes: 2 31 39 16 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 16 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 40 40 11 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 33 43 17 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 16 entries: 1 21 26 10 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 16 12 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 24 28 8 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 17 13 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 26 53 14 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 22 52 16 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 26 50 14 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 18 58 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 22 51 17 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 20 55 15 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 3 18 58 15 5 Disambiguation of 'one opposed': 92 8
  2. (fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds. Tags: derogatory, often, slang Categories (topical): Fandom Synonyms: fancop, fandomentalist, fandom Frollo, fanpol, fanti, Frollo
    Sense id: en-anti-en-noun-c2ztrsnF Disambiguation of Fandom: 0 4 4 84 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 40 40 11 7 Topics: lifestyle

Preposition

IPA: /ˈæn.ti/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-anti.wav
Rhymes: -ænti Etymology: Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} anti, {{en-prep}} anti
  1. (rare) Alternative form of anti- Tags: alt-of, alternative, rare Alternative form of: anti- Related terms: anti-
    Sense id: en-anti-en-prep-wUGB7Z0F Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 9 23 22 18 28

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2012, H. Paul Thompson, Jr., A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865–1887, page 222:",
          "text": "Antis jumped on this announcement, calling it vote buying and indicative of the hypocrisy of prohibitionists who talked incessantly in the first election about the immorality of the antis' vote-buying efforts.",
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          "text": "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."
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          "ref": "2019, Emily E. Roach, \"Supernatural: Wincest and Dean Winchester's Bisexual Panic\", in \"From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl\", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 89",
          "text": "Other fans or viewers are thus not coded as fans but instead positioned as either homophobic, angry \"antis\" (even if they ship Johnlock or other queer ships) or as the outsider \"casuals\" who aren't dedicated or smart or invested enough to properly interpret Sherlock."
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    {
      "word": "pro"
    }
  ],
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
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    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
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    "Requests for quotations in English",
    "Rhymes:English/ænti",
    "Rhymes:English/ænti/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Fandom",
    "en:Shapes"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Thomas Jablonsky, “Female Opposition: The Anti-Suffrage Campaign”, in Jean H. Baker, editor, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited (Viewpoints on American culture), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, H. Paul Thompson, Jr., A Most Stirring and Significant Episode: Religion and the Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Black Atlanta, 1865–1887, page 222:",
          "text": "Antis jumped on this announcement, calling it vote buying and indicative of the hypocrisy of prohibitionists who talked incessantly in the first election about the immorality of the antis' vote-buying efforts.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A person opposed to a concept or principle."
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        {
          "word": "opponent"
        },
        {
          "word": "opposer"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "English fandom slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Sarah Leiser, \"Throne of Fans: Examining the Roles of Feminism, Platform, and Community in an Online Fandom\", thesis submitted to the University of Denver, page 94",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Emily E. Roach, \"Supernatural: Wincest and Dean Winchester's Bisexual Panic\", in \"From Canon to Politics: Queerbaiting and The CW's Supergirl\", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 89",
          "text": "Other fans or viewers are thus not coded as fans but instead positioned as either homophobic, angry \"antis\" (even if they ship Johnlock or other queer ships) or as the outsider \"casuals\" who aren't dedicated or smart or invested enough to properly interpret Sherlock."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Rebecca Williams, A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics, page 72:",
          "text": "The VLD fandom especially has cultivated a definition of antis as ones against a moral or societal ill (e.g., pedophilia, incest).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds."
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          "fan",
          "fan"
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          "ship",
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          "moral"
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        "(fandom slang, often derogatory) A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds."
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        {
          "word": "fancop"
        },
        {
          "word": "fandomentalist"
        },
        {
          "word": "fandom Frollo"
        },
        {
          "word": "fanpol"
        },
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          "word": "fanti"
        },
        {
          "word": "Frollo"
        }
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one opposed",
      "word": "kontraŭulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one opposed",
      "word": "vastustaja"
    }
  ],
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    "anti"
  ],
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}

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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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        "English terms with rare senses"
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          "ref": "2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 21:",
          "text": "I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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}

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