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English
Etymology
From anti- + phonetic.
Adjective
antiphonetic (comparative more antiphonetic, superlative most antiphonetic)
- (linguistics) Going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.
1880, Edward Ellis Morris, Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, volume 4, page 264:The writer is not responsible for the antiphonetic spelling of this and many other colonial names of places.
1945, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Global Alphabet: Hearing Before the Committee..., page 69:English spelling, although unphonetic and antiphonetic, was inherited from our ancestors and has served magnificently in the glorious past. The weak spot in English spelling, however, can be easily healed with the global alphabet.