"antigun" meaning in English

See antigun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more antigun [comparative], most antigun [superlative], anti-gun [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun English antigun From anti- + gun. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|anti-|gun|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéntis Proto-Germanic *gunþiz Old Norse gunnr Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂tís Proto-Germanic *hildiz Old Norse hildr Old Norse Gunnhildrder. Middle English gunne English gun English antigun [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "anti-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "against", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "locative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-i", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ᾰ̓ντῐ́", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀντι-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "anti-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "firearm", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "battle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "battle", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷʰen-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gʷʰéntis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*gunþiz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "gunnr", "lang" : "non" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*kelh₂tís", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kelh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*hildiz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "hildr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Norse", "term" : "Gunnhildr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "non" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "gunne", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "gun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "antigun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="antigun"> From anti- + gun. Head templates: {{en-adj}} antigun (comparative more antigun, superlative most antigun)
  1. Opposed to guns, especially widespread individual use of guns.
    Sense id: en-antigun-en-adj-8taFaFSW
  2. (politics) Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: procontrol

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more antigun",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most antigun",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "anti-gun",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "antigun (comparative more antigun, superlative most antigun)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Opposed to guns, especially widespread individual use of guns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Opposed",
          "opposed"
        ],
        [
          "gun",
          "gun"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "widespread",
          "widespread"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
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        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "gun",
          "gun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              45,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2009 January 25, Maureen Dowd, “Which Governor Is Wackier?”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Carolyn McCarthy, who ran for Congress on an antigun platform […], said she may challenge the “N.R.A. poster child” in 2010.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
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        ],
        [
          "often",
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          "including",
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          "opposition",
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        [
          "idea",
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          "gun rights",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "procontrol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "antigun"
}

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