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anti

/ˈænti/ UK
/ˈantɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈantɪ/ Northern England, UK
/-ti/ Northern England, UK
/ˈanti/ UK, Wales
/ˈante/ Scotland, UK
/-tɪ/ Scotland, UK
/-ti/ Scotland, UK
/ˈæntaɪ/ US
/-ti/ US
/ˈæːnti/ Australia
/ˈɛnti/ New Zealand

Sounds like ante, auntie (in some accents) · Rhymes with -ænti

Where it comes from

Conversion of the prefix anti- to an adjective.

adjective more anti · most anti

Opposed to something.
physical That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

noun antis

A person opposed to a concept or principle. On one occasion, franchise supporters accused antis of dumping lemons, wet sponges, rolls of ticker tape, bags of water, and garbage pails on innocent suffrage supporters parading outside the anti-suffrage offices.
Similar: opponent, opposer
derogatory, often, slang A fan who objects to a particular creator, franchise, fandom, character, ship, etc., especially on moral or sociopolitical grounds. While I did not directly analyze how the antis define feminism, it appears that they believe Sarah J Maas as an author is a white feminist and therefore unable to write anything feminist.
Similar: fancop, fandomentalist, fandom Frollo, fanpol, fanti, Frollo

Opposite: pro

preposition

alternative, rare Alternative form of anti- I do not consider myself either a twitcher or an expert. Neither am I anti twitching.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: counteractive, opposed, opposing, ant, anti-war, oppositionist, dissenter, control, counter, con, opposite, contra, contrary, naysayer, opposition, oppose

noun

Opposite: pro

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adj opposed

Deutsch	gegen
Tiếng Việt	chống

adj that has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

Português	ante

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@misc{anti_2026,
  title = {anti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}