English edit

Etymology edit

From anti- +‎ guru.

Adjective edit

antiguru (comparative more antiguru, superlative most antiguru)

  1. Hostile to gurus, or to a specific guru.
    • 1978, Human Nature - Volume 1, Issues 1-6[1], page 287:
      Paranoid behavior, too, is often seen in the manifestation of hostility toward such tales, when the listener thinks that he or she is being challenged by what sounds like an antiguru story.

Noun edit

antiguru (plural antigurus)

  1. Someone who is or attempts to be the opposite of a guru.
    • 2007 January 4, Virginia Heffernan, “Stepping Back From the Ledge of the Overly Appointed Life”, in New York Times[2]:
      He styles himself the antiguru, the anti-Martha Stewart, the anti-Rachael Ray. And his is the war to end all wars.