anti

UK/ˈæn.ti/US/ˈæn.taɪ/

nounC2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,484 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: antis

An anti is one of the people ranged against a proposal. The pros and the antis, a vocal anti, the antis campaigned.

It is a prefix used as a noun, which English does rarely, and it always appears against the pros. In British hunting the antis are the protesters, and the word is used by both sides with quite different tones.

Definitions of anti

1nounantiOne of the people ranged against a proposal.C2
“At the meeting about the new wind farm, the antis outnumbered the supporters.”

anti is an opponent.

Where it comes from

A conversion of the prefix anti-, from Greek anti, against.

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

anti in the wild

During the existence of the Soviet Union, anti-communism became an important feature of many different political movements and governments across the world.
Anti-communism
In 1936, the Anti-Comintern Pact, initially between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, was formed as an anti-communist alliance.
Anti-communism
Most Jewish anti-Zionist movements disintegrated or transformed into pro-Zionist organizations, though some, including the American Council for Judaism, continued to oppose the ideology.
Anti-Zionism
Some are anti-Zionist for religious reasons, such as some Haredi Jews, and others seek the oppression or ethnic cleansing of Israeli Jews instead.
Anti-Zionism
Before World War II, the West had not taken seriously the threat of fascism, and anti-fascism was sometimes associated with communism.
Anti-fascism

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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