"antigun" meaning in English

See antigun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more antigun [comparative], most antigun [superlative]
Etymology: From anti- + gun. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|anti|gun}} 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. Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-antigun-en-adj-bhmWV-kI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with anti-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with anti-: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: procontrol, anti-gun

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "progun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "gun"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + gun",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From anti- + gun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more antigun",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most antigun",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-antigun-en-adj-8taFaFSW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Opposed",
          "opposed"
        ],
        [
          "gun",
          "gun"
        ],
        [
          "especially",
          "especially"
        ],
        [
          "widespread",
          "widespread"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Politics",
          "orig": "en:Politics",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with anti-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
      ],
      "id": "en-antigun-en-adj-bhmWV-kI",
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "Supportive",
          "supportive"
        ],
        [
          "greater",
          "greater"
        ],
        [
          "gun control",
          "gun control"
        ],
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "including",
          "including"
        ],
        [
          "opposition",
          "opposition"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ],
        [
          "gun rights",
          "gun rights"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "procontrol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anti-gun"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gun control",
    "gun rights"
  ],
  "word": "antigun"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "progun"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms prefixed with anti-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "anti",
        "3": "gun"
      },
      "expansion": "anti- + gun",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From anti- + gun.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more antigun",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most antigun",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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",
          "individual"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "Supportive",
          "supportive"
        ],
        [
          "greater",
          "greater"
        ],
        [
          "gun control",
          "gun control"
        ],
        [
          "often",
          "often"
        ],
        [
          "including",
          "including"
        ],
        [
          "opposition",
          "opposition"
        ],
        [
          "idea",
          "idea"
        ],
        [
          "gun rights",
          "gun rights"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(politics) Supportive of greater gun control, often including opposition to the idea of gun rights."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "procontrol"
    },
    {
      "word": "anti-gun"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gun control",
    "gun rights"
  ],
  "word": "antigun"
}

Download raw JSONL data for antigun meaning in English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.