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Definition of "anti-" [anti-]

  • Opposite: antimere. (prefix)
  • Opposing; against: antiapartheid. (prefix)
  • Counteracting; neutralizing: antacid. (prefix)
  • Destroying: antiaircraft. (prefix)
  • Inverse: antilogarithm. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "anti-" in a sentence
  • "It was actually an unbroken 900-word anti- Apple screed."
  • "And when anti- abolitionist mobs turned on the blacks in the ghastly riot of 1834, the police and their white neighbors stood by while their houses were torched."
  • "The more populist Mr. Capriles may be the best any anti- chavista can hope for."