anti-

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See also: anti, Anti, and antî-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”). Doublet of and- and ante-.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈænˌti/, /ˈæn.tɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ti/, /ˈænˌtaɪ/, /ˈæn.tə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Prefix

anti-

  2. Against, opposed to.
    Synonym: counter-
    Antonym: pro-
    ‎anti- + ‎abortion → ‎antiabortion
    ‎anti- + ‎racism → ‎antiracism
  4. Counteracting, neutralizing.
    Synonym: counter-
    ‎anti- + ‎aircraft → ‎antiaircraft
    ‎anti- + ‎freeze → ‎antifreeze
    ‎anti- + ‎bacterial → ‎antibacterial
  6. The opposite of what is typically expected.
    ‎anti- + ‎hero → ‎antihero (“a protagonist who acts in an unheroic manner”)
    ‎anti- + ‎climax → ‎anticlimax (“a failed or reverse climax”)
    ‎anti- + ‎chess → ‎antichess (“a variant of chess where the goal is to lose all of one's pieces”)
  8. Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction.
    ‎anti- + ‎clockwise → ‎anticlockwise
    ‎anti- + ‎Arctic → ‎Antarctic
  10. A rival or counterpart to.
    ‎anti- + ‎pope → ‎antipope (“a person who claims to be the real pope”)
    ‎anti- + ‎Christ → ‎Antichrist
  12. (particle physics) Composed of antimatter.
    ‎anti- + ‎electron → ‎antielectron
    ‎anti- + ‎galaxy → ‎antigalaxy
  14. (immunology) Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.
    ‎anti- + ‎rabbit → ‎antirabbit
    ‎anti- + ‎horse → ‎antihorse

Usage notes

  • anti- should not be confused with the prefix ante- of Latin (not Greek) origin meaning “before”. (However, anti- does exist as a variant spelling of ante- in some borrowed words, such as anticipate and antipasto, but this spelling cannot be used to coin English words.)
  • anti- sometimes becomes ant- before words beginning in a vowel, as does ante-: antacid.
  • In British English, the anti- forms are often hyphenated as evidenced by OED's many anti- entries using hyphen. However, the exact convention significantly varies.
  • GPO manual recommends using a hyphen when prefixing capitalized words except when usage dictates otherwise. This is matched by usual practice: anti-American or anti-Christian.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with anti-

Translations

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See also

See also

References

  1. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

Further reading

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anti/
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti-

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Basque terms prefixed with anti-

Catalan

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-
    Synonym: proti-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

  • anti- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with anti-

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with anti-

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: anti-

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with anti-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English anti-), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with anti-

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Further reading

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Classifier

anti-

  1. classifier for weeks

Synonyms

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”), influenced by Latin borrowings from Greek beginning with anti- (like Antichristus) and German borrowings from Latin or Greek.

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with anti-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Hungarian adjectives prefixed with anti-
Hungarian nouns prefixed with anti-

See also

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English anti-, French anti-, German anti-, Italian anti-, Spanish anti-, Russian анти- (anti-), all ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-, contra-, counter- (for use mainly in scientific terms)
    ‎anti- + ‎toxino (“toxin”) → ‎antitoxino (“antitoxin”)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with anti-

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay anti-, from Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: an‧ti

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin ante (“before”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-
  2. ante-

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with anti-

Anagrams

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, “against”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti- (Jawi spelling انت)

  1. anti-
    Antonym: pro-
    Antikomunisme ― Anti-communism
    Anti-Amerika ― Anti-America

Usage notes

Further reading

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with anti-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with anti-

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-
  2. (particle physics) anti- (related to antiparticles or antimatter)
  3. (immunology) anti-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with anti-

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with anti-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with anti-

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”).

Prefix

anti-

  1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with anti-

Anagrams

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