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

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

    1. Against, opposed to.
      Synonym: counter-
      Antonym: pro-
      anti- + ‎abortion → ‎antiabortion
      anti- + ‎racism → ‎antiracism
    2. Counteracting, neutralizing.
      Synonym: counter-
      anti- + ‎aircraft → ‎antiaircraft
      anti- + ‎freeze → ‎antifreeze
      anti- + ‎bacterial → ‎antibacterial
    3. 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)
    4. Physically opposite, reverse in position or direction.
      anti- + ‎clockwise → ‎anticlockwise
      anti- + ‎Arctic → ‎Antarctic
    5. A rival or counterpart to.
      anti- + ‎pope → ‎antipope (a person who claims to be the real pope)
      anti- + ‎Christ → ‎Antichrist
    6. (particle physics) Composed of antimatter.
      anti- + ‎electron → ‎antielectron
      anti- + ‎galaxy → ‎antigalaxy
    7. (immunology) Reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal.
      anti- + ‎rabbit → ‎antirabbit
      anti- + ‎horse → ‎antihorse

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    • 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.[1] This is matched by usual practice: anti-American or anti-Christian.

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

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    Basque

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    • IPA(key): /anti/ [ãn̪.t̪i]
    • Hyphenation: an‧ti-

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Catalan

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    anti-

    1. anti

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    Czech

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    anti-

    1. anti-
      Synonym: proti-

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    • anti- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Dutch

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    Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-).

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    • Indonesian: anti-

    Esperanto

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

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Finnish

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

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɑnti-/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪i-]

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    French

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

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Galician

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

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    From

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    Garo

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

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    anti-

    1. classifier for weeks

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    German

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

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    • anti-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Hungarian

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    From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).[1]

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    • IPA(key): [ˈɒnti]
    • Hyphenation: an‧ti

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    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

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

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    anti-

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

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    Indonesian

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    Borrowed from Dutch anti-, from Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-, against).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈan.ti/
    • Rhymes: -ti
    • Hyphenation: an‧ti

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    anti-

    1. anti-
      1. against, opposed to
      2. counteracting, neutralizing
      3. the opposite of what is typically expected
      4. physically opposite, reverse in position or direction
      5. a rival or counterpart to
      6. (particle physics) composed of antimatter
      7. (immunology) reacting with immunoglobins found in the specified animal

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    Italian

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    From Latin ante (before).

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    anti-

    1. anti-
    2. ante-

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

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    anti-

    1. anti-
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    Malay

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

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    anti- (Jawi spelling انت)

    1. anti-
      Antonym: pro-
      AntikomunismeAnti-communism
      Anti-AmerikaAnti-America

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Portuguese

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

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

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    Romanian

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

    1. anti-

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    Spanish

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

    1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

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    Swedish

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    From Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, against).

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    anti-

    1. anti-; against, opposite, protecting against

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